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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interest rate did the seller charge Davis's mother to buy the family home?
(a) 18%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 13%.

2. Where did Davis's mother stay on her trip to Florida in Chapter 4?
(a) The Goldfinger.
(b) The Highwire.
(c) The Fountainbleau Hotel.
(d) The Intercontinental.

3. In which city did Davis grow up?
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) Detroit.

4. What business did Davis's mother run for decades?
(a) Pet shop.
(b) Hair salon.
(c) Numbers business.
(d) Accounting business.

5. Who did Davis's mother ask to help her buy the house since she could not directly purchase it on her own?
(a) Wallace Colvin.
(b) Marshall Headly.
(c) Langston Finbone.
(d) Marston James.

6. Which aunt of Davis's helped her tell her mother's story in this book?
(a) Florence.
(b) Lula.
(c) Rita.
(d) Dianne.

7. What did Davis's teacher ask her about in Part I that offended Fannie?
(a) The reason Bridgett had so many shoes.
(b) The reason Bridgett lived in a house like Broadstreet.
(c) The reason Bridgett's father did not work.
(d) The reason Bridgett needed to carry a purse.

8. When did Davis's mother buy her first gun?
(a) April 1990.
(b) March 1980.
(c) July 1969.
(d) August 1993.

9. When did Davis's mother stop working for someone else and start doing Numbers for herself?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1965.

10. What piece of jewelry did Davis's mother wear to her second wedding that Davis herself wore on her wedding day?
(a) A diamond necklace.
(b) A thin-band, diamond-encrusted watch.
(c) A blue sapphire ring.
(d) Blue sapphire earrings.

11. Who did Davis's mother ask for a loan to start her Numbers business?
(a) Her father Ezra.
(b) Her sister Florence.
(c) Her brother John.
(d) Her child Rita.

12. What kind of music was popular in Davis's household and in Detroit growing up?
(a) Classical.
(b) Motown.
(c) Punk.
(d) Classic Rock.

13. Which sibling did Davis move to her mother and stepfather's new house with?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Rita.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Diane.

14. What is Davis's mother's first name?
(a) Rita.
(b) Fannie.
(c) Florence.
(d) Lula.

15. Who lived with Davis's father at Broadstreet for a while after the divorce?
(a) Florence.
(b) James.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Bill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which president was assassinated when Davis was a young child?

3. What is Davis's stepfather's name?

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

5. How did Davis's mother celebrate her fortieth birthday?

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