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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 father sometimes work in Detroit?
(a) The diners.
(b) The shipyards.
(c) The accounting firms.
(d) The car factories.

2. What did Davis cling to that her mother had bought her at Tiger Stadium?
(a) A stuffed tiger.
(b) A soft sweatshirt.
(c) A baseball.
(d) A fish in a tank.

3. Which newspaper expressed disdain for Numbers players as early as 1903?
(a) The Detroit Free Press.
(b) The Detroit Morning Caller.
(c) The Wide Angle.
(d) The Michigan News.

4. When was Davis's mother born?
(a) May 9, 1928.
(b) May 30, 1920.
(c) May 5, 1925.
(d) May 15, 1923.

5. Which sister of Davis's wrote notes to God?
(a) Lula.
(b) Florence.
(c) Rita.
(d) Dianne.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What interest rate did the seller charge Davis's mother to buy the family home?

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

4. What did W.E.B. Dubois call educated and privileged Black people?

5. What happened in the Algiers Motel incident?

(see the answer key)

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