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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 was the first Broadway musical Davis ever sees?
(a) Sweet Charity.
(b) Oliver.
(c) The Producers.
(d) The Wiz.
2. Which of the following was an advantage Davis's mother could offer her Numbers clients over the state lottery?
(a) She gave her customers candy with their winnings.
(b) She could offer a percentage over what their winnings were.
(c) She paid her hits off tax-free in cash by noon the following day, and the state lottery taxed winnings and made people wait for their money.
(d) Her tickets were much less expensive than the lottery tickets.
3. Who was the only other woman besides Fannie Davis who was known in Detroit to be a Numbers runner?
(a) Lucille Darling.
(b) Pearl Massey.
(c) Lula Ryan.
(d) Bennie Ring.
4. What did Davis do as a child to try to help her mother's business in Chapter 5?
(a) Made a box for her to keep all her Numbers materials in.
(b) Offered to skip school in order to help her.
(c) Offered to pick up payments for her.
(d) Offered to take phone calls for her.
5. Which of the following books did Davis's mother often use for consultation?
(a) The Alger Dreambook.
(b) The Robinson Family Dreambook.
(c) The Michelson Dreambook.
(d) The Red Devil Combination DreamBook Almanac.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the Michigan Lottery's new slogan in the end of the 1970s?
2. What did Davis's mother do for her for her tenth birthday?
3. Where was Davis's father treated in Chapter 7 for his medical problems?
4. Which of the following was one of Davis's favorite movies in Chapter 6?
5. Which writer was known as America's sleeping clairvoyant?
Short Essay Questions
1. As she grew, why did Bridgett choose to largely ignore the family business where some of her other siblings helped with it?
2. Which college did Bridgett attend and how did she pay for it?
3. What does Bridgett regret about the way her father's death played out?
4. How did Bridgett feel about her stepfather?
5. What did Fannie do when Bridgett made a special box for all her Numbers papers and odds and ends?
6. Why was Pearl Massey's friendship so vital to Fannie?
7. Why is Bridgett so impressed with how her principal, Percy Porter, handled the situation between her and Peter Golightly?
8. What information did Bridgett let slip one day that could have caused trouble for Fannie?
9. What gift did Fannie get for Bridgett while she was still in high school that she cherished?
10. What number did Detroiters habitually play back in the 1930s?
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