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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapter 10).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Davis let an important detail about her mother's business slip out of her mouth in front of?
(a) Miss Lula.
(b) Miss Jennie.
(c) Miss Hattie.
(d) Miss Bernice.

2. What did Davis say her mother used secrecy as?
(a) A way to keep others guessing.
(b) A way to keep her finances clear.
(c) A way to make money.
(d) A form of protection.

3. What did Davis's mother call the slips of paper she wrote her clients' bets on?
(a) Tonies.
(b) Tickets.
(c) Nibs.
(d) Receipts.

4. What phrase could Davis's mother use that would make Davis cry for a whole day?
(a) I'm disappointed in you.
(b) You should pray more.
(c) I will not buy you anything more this month.
(d) I am going to tell your stepfather.

5. Which of the following was an advantage Davis's mother could offer her Numbers clients over the state lottery?
(a) She could offer a percentage over what their winnings were.
(b) 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.
(c) Her tickets were much less expensive than the lottery tickets.
(d) She gave her customers candy with their winnings.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Davis's mother die?

2. How much money did Davis's mother give her in 1989?

3. Who gave Davis's mother's funeral mass?

4. What was Davis's grandfather's name?

5. What kinds of scarves did Davis's mother routinely wear?

(see the answer key)

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