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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 5 - 6).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aunt Florence tell Davis she was able to do by playing Jewell's number?
(a) Furnish her house.
(b) Send Jewell to college.
(c) Buy her car.
(d) Buy a second home.

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

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

4. Which reverend did Davis's mother think was a con man?
(a) James F. Jones.
(b) Cotton Randall.
(c) Richard Willington.
(d) Lindsay Wharton.

5. Which movie based on Billie Holiday's life did Davis love in Chapter 6?
(a) Love Supreme.
(b) Angel of Harlem.
(c) Lady Sings the Blues.
(d) Soul Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were specific formulas for supposedly finding lucky numbers called?

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

3. What was an illegal after-hours place selling alcohol referred to as in Detroit in the 1960s?

4. What is the address listed on Davis's birth certificate?

5. Where did Davis's mother stay on her trip to Florida in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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