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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first Broadway musical Davis ever sees?
(a) The Wiz.
(b) Oliver.
(c) The Producers.
(d) Sweet Charity.

2. Who was Detroit's first Black mayor?
(a) Marshall Mitchell.
(b) Coleman Young.
(c) Henry Ford.
(d) Zeb Marlon.

3. When did the first dream book appear?
(a) Around the early 1900s.
(b) As early as 1862.
(c) Around the 1920s.
(d) Around the 1950s.

4. Which of the following numbers is supposed to be particularly lucky?
(a) 7.
(b) 13.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

5. Which writer wrote a story in the Detroit News trying to explain the Numbers to laypeople?
(a) Moochie Jones.
(b) Marshall Waltering.
(c) John M. Carlisle.
(d) Roberta Flacker.

6. What number did Detroiters habitually play throughout the 1930s?
(a) 911.
(b) Boxer Joe Louis's weight.
(c) 311.
(d) The Motown Records number.

7. How much did Davis's mother invest in her musical production in Chapter 9?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $25,000.

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

9. When did Michigan's Lottery institute the new game called The Daily?
(a) June 6, 1977.
(b) March 4, 1978.
(c) April 8, 1988.
(d) August 1, 1981.

10. How was Davis's name originally spelled?
(a) Bridgit.
(b) Bridgete.
(c) Bridie.
(d) Bridjet.

11. How much of a loan did Davis take in Chapter 9 to pay for part of her tuition?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $8,000.
(d) $20,000.

12. What did Jewell's name play for, according to Aunt Florence?
(a) 891.
(b) 234.
(c) 786.
(d) 161.

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

14. Which company did Davis's mother invest in in the early 1980s?
(a) Milliken Corporation.
(b) Chrysler Corporation.
(c) Jasmine Corporation.
(d) Marlowe Corporation.

15. What does Aunt Florence tell Davis she was able to do by playing Jewell's number?
(a) Buy her car.
(b) Send Jewell to college.
(c) Buy a second home.
(d) Furnish her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Davis's mother once told her she was as good as anyone but which of the following?

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

3. What did Davis do as a child to try to help her mother's business in Chapter 5?

4. What high school did Davis attend?

5. What was the Michigan Lottery's new slogan in the end of the 1970s?

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