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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 was one of Davis's favorite things to do with her mother in Chapter 6?
(a) Go running.
(b) Go swimming.
(c) Eat ice cream.
(d) Watch classic films together.

2. Which of the following numbers is supposed to be particularly lucky?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

3. Which of the following was an advantage Davis's mother could offer her Numbers clients over the state lottery?
(a) She gave her customers candy with their winnings.
(b) She could offer a percentage over what their winnings were.
(c) Her tickets were much less expensive than the lottery tickets.
(d) She paid her hits off tax-free in cash by noon the following day, and the state lottery taxed winnings and made people wait for their money.

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

5. What health problem did Davis's mother suffer from in Chapter 6?
(a) Muscle weakness.
(b) Migraines.
(c) Blood clots.
(d) Glaucoma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Detroit's police commissioner during the time of the Gotham raid?

2. Which friend of Davis's mother's ran a check-cashing business?

3. What movie did Davis's mother refuse to let her see, which Davis wrote about in her diary?

4. Which of the following did Davis's mother often use in rituals to find numbers to play?

5. What piece of jewelry did Davis's mother wear to her second wedding that Davis herself wore on her wedding day?

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