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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 singer did Davis's mother take her to see in Detroit when she was 13 years old?
(a) Diana Ross.
(b) Bille Holiday.
(c) Josephine Baker.
(d) Ella Fitzgerald.

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

3. Which writer wrote a story in the Detroit News trying to explain the Numbers to laypeople?
(a) Moochie Jones.
(b) Roberta Flacker.
(c) Marshall Waltering.
(d) John M. Carlisle.

4. Which author does Davis cite in Chapter 7 whom she respects for her writings about Black women?
(a) Kiley Reid.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Zadie Smith.
(d) Toni Morrison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who really bought Anthony's fiance's engagement ring?

2. How was Davis's name originally spelled?

3. What musical did Davis help put on locally with the help of her mother's investment?

4. What business was Davis's Uncle John in?

5. Which of the following did Davis's mother often use in rituals to find numbers to play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did dreams carry such weight in the Davis household?

2. What comment did Bridgett's English professor at Spelman make that Bridgett found crass and clueless?

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

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

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

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

7. What information did Bridgett let slip one day that could have caused trouble for Fannie?

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

9. What did Fannie do when Bridgett made a special box for all her Numbers papers and odds and ends?

10. How did Bridgett feel about her stepfather?

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