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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 Davis's mother's favorite way to conjure a number to play?
(a) Through a hunch.
(b) From Bible verses.
(c) From her children's birthdays.
(d) Though a psychic.

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

3. What did William T. Cahill, the governor of New Jersey in 1972, say about the legal lottery?
(a) It helps older Americans.
(b) Even if you lose, your money is going to a good purpose.
(c) It is better to play the lottery than to throw coins in a fountain.
(d) It is not the same as gambling at all.

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

5. What does scholar Felicia George say the word luck originated as?
(a) A blessing.
(b) A prayer.
(c) A curse.
(d) A gambling term.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following numbers is supposed to be particularly lucky?

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

5. Which sibling did Davis move to her mother and stepfather's new house with?

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