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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 7 - 9).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Davis's stepfather's name?
(a) Marshall.
(b) James.
(c) Burt.
(d) Alan.

2. What did Davis's mother habitually wear on her ring finger?
(a) A huge emerald.
(b) A huge sapphire.
(c) A 2-carat ruby.
(d) A 1.75- carat diamond.

3. Which author does Davis cite in Chapter 7 whom she respects for her writings about Black women?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Kiley Reid.
(c) Zadie Smith.
(d) Maya Angelou.

4. When did Davis's mother finally have her own name placed on the land contract for her home?
(a) Ten years after she first bought it.
(b) Five years after she first bought it.
(c) Twenty years after she first bought it.
(d) Three and a half years after she first bought it.

5. What was the first Broadway musical Davis ever sees?
(a) Sweet Charity.
(b) The Producers.
(c) Oliver.
(d) The Wiz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What high school did Davis attend?

2. Who did Davis let an important detail about her mother's business slip out of her mouth in front of?

3. Which writer wrote a story in the Detroit News trying to explain the Numbers to laypeople?

4. Who did Deborah go to hear speak at Temple Number One on Linwood Avenue?

5. When did the singer Josephine Baker die?

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