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

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

3. What drink did Davis's father sometimes share with her?
(a) Dr. Pepper.
(b) Iced Tea.
(c) Pepsi.
(d) Lemonade.

4. What was the FHA interest rate on home loans at the time Davis's mother bought their house?
(a) 5.5%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 12%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Davis move with her mother after her mother remarried?

2. How old was Davis's stepfather when he married her mother?

3. When did Davis's mother stop working for someone else and start doing Numbers for herself?

4. When did Davis's mother buy her first gun?

5. Where does Davis spend much of the summer after her mother remarries?

(see the answer key)

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