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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 7 - 9).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Davis do as a child to try to help her mother's business in Chapter 5?
(a) Offered to skip school in order to help her.
(b) Made a box for her to keep all her Numbers materials in.
(c) Offered to pick up payments for her.
(d) Offered to take phone calls for her.

2. What did Davis tell her graduate school classmates is her favorite book?
(a) Marshall Does the Numbers.
(b) Daddy Was a Number Runner.
(c) Peaches Writes Numbers.
(d) Mama Ran the Numbers.

3. What was Davis's all-time favorite piece of clothing her mother purchased for her?
(a) A corduroy jacket in bottle green.
(b) A reversible leopard-print velour coat.
(c) A faux-leather trench coat.
(d) A real fur coat.

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

5. Which reverend did Davis's mother think was a con man?
(a) Cotton Randall.
(b) Richard Willington.
(c) Lindsay Wharton.
(d) James F. Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Davis's mother tell a woman in Florida who asked her where she got such a beautiful tan?

2. Which of the following authors does Davis begin the book with a quote from?

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

4. About how much did Detroit's Italian mafia make by supplying the winning numbers to the city's Numbers operators?

5. How much did the dress Davis bought in New York City in Chapter 9 cost?

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