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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 3 - 4).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Davis's mother once consider buying a house in Part I?
(a) Marvel Avenue.
(b) The Rittenhouse Square.
(c) Conant Gardens.
(d) Willington Way.

2. Who was one of the biggest Numbers men in Detroit that Davis's mother worked for?
(a) Marshall Walter.
(b) Eddie Wingate.
(c) John Nestler.
(d) Marcus Andrus.

3. Which of the following authors does Davis begin the book with a quote from?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) Langston Hughes.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Dorothy Parker.

4. What did W.E.B. Dubois call educated and privileged Black people?
(a) The One Percent.
(b) The Talented Tenth.
(c) The Twenty Percent.
(d) The Squad.

5. Who did Davis's mother ask to help her buy the house since she could not directly purchase it on her own?
(a) Marston James.
(b) Marshall Headly.
(c) Langston Finbone.
(d) Wallace Colvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was one of Davis's mother's main worries concerning her business?

2. Which president was assassinated when Davis was a young child?

3. Which cousin did Davis spend a lot of time with growing up who was her Aunt Florence's daughter?

4. Which of the big numbers men did Davis's mother work with in Chapter 3?

5. What did Davis's mother never seem to do at all in her life?

(see the answer key)

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