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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lisa's mother?
(a) Aunt Minnie.
(b) Aunt Florence.
(c) Aunt Jennie.
(d) Aunt Gladys.

2. How much money did Davis's mother win herself in playing the new Michigan state lottery?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $200,000.
(d) $10,000.

3. About how much did Detroit's Italian mafia make by supplying the winning numbers to the city's Numbers operators?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $60,000.
(c) $95,000.
(d) $18,000.

4. Who did Davis's brother Anthony propose to on Christmas Day in Chapter 6?
(a) Lula.
(b) Florence.
(c) Renita.
(d) Jennie.

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

6. Which two street gangs did Davis remember in Detroit in the 1980s?
(a) Crips and the Errol Flynns.
(b) Errol Flynns and the BKs.
(c) BKs and the Bloods.
(d) Crips and Bloods.

7. How much of a loan did Davis take in Chapter 9 to pay for part of her tuition?
(a) $8,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $10,000.

8. What musical did Davis help put on locally with the help of her mother's investment?
(a) The Producers.
(b) The Wiz.
(c) Oliver.
(d) Purlie.

9. Where was Davis's senior high school trip?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Toronto.
(c) Montreal.
(d) San Francisco.

10. What is Davis touched to find that her mother meant to do for her in Chapter 6?
(a) Include her in the business.
(b) Start a wedding fund for her.
(c) Buy her a new journal.
(d) Start a college fund for her.

11. Where did Davis obtain her birth control as a teenager?
(a) Planned Parenthood in Southfield.
(b) Planned Parenthood in Chicago.
(c) The Cleveland Clinic.
(d) The Detroit Clinic.

12. How was Davis's name originally spelled?
(a) Bridgete.
(b) Bridgit.
(c) Bridie.
(d) Bridjet.

13. What business was Davis's Uncle John in?
(a) Horse racing.
(b) Selling liquor.
(c) Law.
(d) Accounting.

14. What was Anthony's son and Fannie's first grandson named?
(a) Tony.
(b) Renaldo.
(c) John.
(d) Michael.

15. Which of the following books did Davis's mother often use for consultation?
(a) The Robinson Family Dreambook.
(b) The Michelson Dreambook.
(c) The Alger Dreambook.
(d) The Red Devil Combination DreamBook Almanac.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the singer Josephine Baker die?

2. When did the first dream book appear?

3. Which childhood friend of Davis's did Davis's mother help in Chapter 9?

4. Who was Davis's school principal in Chapter 6?

5. What did Davis's mother tell her years into her adulthood about secrets?

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