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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. Which of the following did Davis's mother often use in rituals to find numbers to play?
(a) Ouija boards.
(b) Candles.
(c) Knives.
(d) Stars.

2. What did William T. Cahill, the governor of New Jersey in 1972, say about the legal lottery?
(a) It is not the same as gambling at all.
(b) It helps older Americans.
(c) It is better to play the lottery than to throw coins in a fountain.
(d) Even if you lose, your money is going to a good purpose.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Davis's mother invest in her musical production in Chapter 9?

2. What did Davis's mother do for her for her tenth birthday?

3. Which singer did Davis's mother take her to see in Detroit when she was 13 years old?

4. Who did Davis go to the Washington Monument with while in high school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Bridgett never get to deliver her graduation pictures to her father?

2. Why does Bridgett think her father did not attend her sixteenth birthday party?

3. As she grew, why did Bridgett choose to largely ignore the family business where some of her other siblings helped with it?

4. Why is Bridgett so impressed with how her principal, Percy Porter, handled the situation between her and Peter Golightly?

5. Where and why did Fannie go to get Anthony in Chapter 6 with a gun in her purse?

6. Why was Pearl Massey's friendship so vital to Fannie?

7. What did Bridgett's family members reassure her of after her father's death?

8. Why did Fannie have a fight with Renita's brother?

9. How did Fannie feel about the connection some people made between Numbers and God?

10. What investment did Fannie make in Bridgett's endeavor that did not turn out well?

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