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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. What did Davis's mother do after the big FBI raid on the Numbers runners in Chapter 6?
(a) Bought a gun.
(b) Hired more people to work for her.
(c) Changed her name.
(d) Had a separate phone line installed for the business.

2. What did Davis do during her mother's illness with cancer that she now knows she should not have done?
(a) Made the patient worry about money.
(b) Made the patient worry about hospice.
(c) Put the onus of recovery on the patient.
(d) Given the patient whatever she wanted.

3. Where do Davis's family move to Michigan from?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Maine.
(d) Tennessee.

4. How much did Davis's mother pay for the family home?
(a) $16,700.
(b) $12,345.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $80,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Davis's father treated in Chapter 7 for his medical problems?

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

3. What does Davis learn from her school friends about what they knew about her mother's Numbers business?

4. What does Aunt Florence tell Davis she was able to do by playing Jewell's number?

5. How was Davis's name originally spelled?

(see the answer key)

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