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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. Which movie based on Billie Holiday's life did Davis love in Chapter 6?

2. What did Jewell's name play for, according to Aunt Florence?

3. What kind of wallet did Davis's mother carry, according to Chapter 7?

4. What number did Detroiters habitually play throughout the 1930s?

5. Who did Davis get in a fight with in grade school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Bridgett never get to deliver her graduation pictures to her father?

2. As she grew, why did Bridgett choose to largely ignore the family business where some of her other siblings helped with it?

3. Why did Bridgett get in a fight with Peter Golightly?

4. What gift did Fannie get for Bridgett while she was still in high school that she cherished?

5. How did Fannie feel about the connection some people made between Numbers and God?

6. Why is Bridgett so impressed with how her principal, Percy Porter, handled the situation between her and Peter Golightly?

7. Why did dreams carry such weight in the Davis household?

8. How did Bridgett feel about her stepfather?

9. Where and why did Fannie go to get Anthony in Chapter 6 with a gun in her purse?

10. What information did Bridgett let slip one day that could have caused trouble for Fannie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did the Gotham Hotel mean to the Numbers business in Detroit, and how did the Numbers business change after the raid on the Gotham? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Fannie deliberately push the issue of Bridgett having so many shoes and luxurious things with Bridgett's teacher, even though she knows that doing so might put her business and livelihood at risk? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Bridgett refers to herself as "spoiled" late in the book? Do you agree with her assessment of herself? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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