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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class does Precious sign up for after taking the Alternative School's test?

2. What does Ms. Rain want the girls to do every day?

3. For Precious to talk to Mrs. Lichenstein, what does she want Mrs. Lichenstein to do?

4. Who claims to be in the wrong class and not illiterate?

5. What does Jo Ann have that belongs to Precious?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Precious returns from her first day of school, what is Mary worrying about happening?

2. What does Ms. Rain ask the students to do that horrifies Precious?

3. How do the time shifts occur with Precious in Chapter 1?

4. Why does Precious attack Mrs. Lichenstein at school?

5. What does Precious say when she speaks for the first time in class at the Alternative school?

6. What does Precious say about Farrakhan?

7. Where does Jo Ann find Precious' notebook and school supplies that she gives back to her in class?

8. Why does Precious have a hard time understanding that she had a baby?

9. What does Ms. Butter question Precious about when she is at the hospital with Precious?

10. Why did Precious stop talking in kindergarten?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Precious describes the halfway house in literal terms: the place where people go when they are halfway between an old and a new life. Explain what Precious means with this statement in terms of her character and life. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Precious eventually scores higher on her TABE scores that she had previously been failing. How and what does this improvement foreshadow the future? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Push ends with the students' book and their life stories. Choose one of the characters from Precious' class and compare her life story to Precious. Are they similar or different? How? Use specific examples from the book to support your answer.

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