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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. What did Davis's mother never seem to do at all in her life?
(a) Wear makeup.
(b) Smoke or drink.
(c) Spend money.
(d) Raise her voice.

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

3. Who is Florence's husband?
(a) Michael.
(b) Gene.
(c) James.
(d) Randy.

4. What did Davis's mother call the slips of paper she wrote her clients' bets on?
(a) Nibs.
(b) Tonies.
(c) Receipts.
(d) Tickets.

5. What was Davis's all-time favorite piece of clothing her mother purchased for her?
(a) A corduroy jacket in bottle green.
(b) A real fur coat.
(c) A reversible leopard-print velour coat.
(d) A faux-leather trench coat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Davis's mother buy her first gun?

3. What did Davis's mother wear to her second wedding?

4. What did Davis's teacher ask her about in Part I that offended Fannie?

5. Where did Davis's father sometimes work in Detroit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Bridgett feel about her father John T. as a young child?

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

4. What were some of the causes Detroit's Black Numbers runners funded?

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

6. What sparked the Detroit riots in 1967?

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

8. How did Fannie go about buying the house on Broadstreet?

9. Who provided Bridgett with a lot of valuable information about Fannie for her book after Fannie passes away?

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

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