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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the teacher that insulted Davis in Part I?
(a) Miss Miller.
(b) Miss Raine.
(c) Miss Hokey.
(d) Miss Smithon.

2. Which cousin did Davis spend a lot of time with growing up who was her Aunt Florence's daughter?
(a) Jewell.
(b) Jennie.
(c) Rita.
(d) Rolanda.

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

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

5. What happened in the Algiers Motel incident?
(a) The hotel was bombed by terrorists.
(b) Three Black teens were tortured and killed by Detroit police.
(c) The hotel was raided for a gambling ring.
(d) The hotel exploded due to a gas leak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sister of Davis's wrote notes to God?

2. What was Michigan's Idlewild resort unofficially called?

3. What was the FHA interest rate on home loans at the time Davis's mother bought their house?

4. Where did Davis's mother once consider buying a house in Part I?

5. Who did Davis's mother ask to help her buy the house since she could not directly purchase it on her own?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the most sustained secret Bridgett carried with her throughout her life?

2. When did Black individuals become more welcomed into Detroit's Hotel Gotham?

3. What is Bridgett's first fully formed memory?

4. What was the danger every time Fannie had to give a huge payout to someone who had had a hit?

5. When and why did John T., Bridett's father, move out of the family home?

6. What did Fannie Davis have to say in response to the popular advice to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps?

7. In the Prologue, what did Bidgett's teacher take issue with her about?

8. How did Fannie react when Bridgett told her about what her teacher was interrogating her over in the Prologue?

9. Who was Fannie's best friend and what did she tell Bridgett in Chapter 1 about Fannie?

10. Why did Rita write letters to God?

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