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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Davis obtain her birth control as a teenager?
(a) Planned Parenthood in Southfield.
(b) The Cleveland Clinic.
(c) Planned Parenthood in Chicago.
(d) The Detroit Clinic.

2. What did Davis's mother do for her for her tenth birthday?
(a) Throw an elaborate party.
(b) Buy her whatever new dress she wants.
(c) Make her an elaborate cake.
(d) Buy her a big playhouse.

3. What single color did Davis's mother redecorate the living room in the house at Seven Mile in?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

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

5. Which of the following was an advantage Davis's mother could offer her Numbers clients over the state lottery?
(a) She gave her customers candy with their winnings.
(b) Her tickets were much less expensive than the lottery tickets.
(c) She could offer a percentage over what their winnings were.
(d) She paid her hits off tax-free in cash by noon the following day, and the state lottery taxed winnings and made people wait for their money.

6. Who is Lisa's mother?
(a) Aunt Florence.
(b) Aunt Minnie.
(c) Aunt Gladys.
(d) Aunt Jennie.

7. What did Davis's mother tell her years into her adulthood about secrets?
(a) Davis's mother knew Davis knew how to keep a secret.
(b) Davis was the only one her mother trusted with secrets.
(c) Davis's mother never trusted Davis with secrets.
(d) Davis could be trusted with secrets, but her father could not.

8. What does scholar Felicia George say the word luck originated as?
(a) A curse.
(b) A prayer.
(c) A blessing.
(d) A gambling term.

9. What was one of Davis's favorite things to do with her mother in Chapter 6?
(a) Go swimming.
(b) Go running.
(c) Watch classic films together.
(d) Eat ice cream.

10. What book about dreams did Davis's sister Deborah give her?
(a) Freud's Interpreting Dreams.
(b) Solange's Dream Finals.
(c) Tennyson's Find Me In Your Dreams.
(d) Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams.

11. Where did Davis's mother send her a postcard from while on vacation with Burt in Chapter 7?
(a) St. Thomas.
(b) Florida.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Aruba.

12. What was one of Detroit's nickname in the 1970s?
(a) Murder Capital USA.
(b) Music City.
(c) The Big Smoke.
(d) Silent City.

13. What did some of Davis's cousins call Davis's mother affectionately?
(a) Auntie Nini.
(b) Aunt Fa.
(c) Aunt Lady.
(d) Aunt Fan.

14. Davis's mother once told her she was as good as anyone but which of the following?
(a) Thinner than no one.
(b) Better than no one.
(c) Richer than no one.
(d) Smarter than no one.

15. What business was Davis's Uncle John in?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Law.
(c) Horse racing.
(d) Selling liquor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Davis's mother sometimes stick her Numbers books in the freezer?

2. What is Davis touched to find that her mother meant to do for her in Chapter 6?

3. What phrase could Davis's mother use that would make Davis cry for a whole day?

4. What did Davis tell her graduate school classmates is her favorite book?

5. What was the first Broadway musical Davis ever sees?

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