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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Davis graduate from high school?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1985.

2. What musical did Davis help put on locally with the help of her mother's investment?
(a) Purlie.
(b) The Wiz.
(c) Oliver.
(d) The Producers.

3. Who was Davis's school principal in Chapter 6?
(a) Rachelle Roche.
(b) Percy Porter.
(c) Pepper Porter.
(d) Niamh Cummings.

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

5. What was Davis's mother's favorite way to conjure a number to play?
(a) Though a psychic.
(b) Through a hunch.
(c) From Bible verses.
(d) From her children's birthdays.

6. What choice did Davis's mother give her for her sixteenth birthday?
(a) To either have a new car or a vacation.
(b) To either have a make-over or a car.
(c) To either have a party or a vacation.
(d) To either have a party or a new car.

7. What was the Michigan Lottery's new slogan in the end of the 1970s?
(a) Play to Win!
(b) Every Day's a Play Day.
(c) Everyone Can Win!
(d) Try Your Luck!

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

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

10. Who did Davis's mother give modest diamond rings to?
(a) Rita.
(b) Herself and Rita.
(c) Rita and Diane.
(d) Deborah and Rita.

11. What kind of wallet did Davis's mother carry, according to Chapter 7?
(a) Gucci.
(b) Louis Vuitton.
(c) Prada.
(d) Ralph Lauren.

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

13. Which sister of Davis's did Davis live at Broadstreet with for a time?
(a) Dianne.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rita.

14. Which movie based on Billie Holiday's life did Davis love in Chapter 6?
(a) Love Supreme.
(b) Soul Love.
(c) Angel of Harlem.
(d) Lady Sings the Blues.

15. What movie did Davis's mother refuse to let her see, which Davis wrote about in her diary?
(a) The Exorcist.
(b) Pet Cemetery.
(c) The Shining.
(d) The Red Shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did William T. Cahill, the governor of New Jersey in 1972, say about the legal lottery?

2. What was one of Detroit's nickname in the 1970s?

3. Why did Davis's mother conceal the fact that she "held" her customers' numbers?

4. Which of the following books did Davis's mother often use for consultation?

5. What did Jewell's name play for, according to Aunt Florence?

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