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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lived with Davis's father at Broadstreet for a while after the divorce?

2. What did Davis's mother call the slips of paper she wrote her clients' bets on?

3. Where does Davis spend much of the summer after her mother remarries?

4. Who was Detroit's police commissioner during the time of the Gotham raid?

5. What did Fannie pay for Bridgett's new shoes in Part I with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Fannie say about turning 40?

5. What did Fannie do with her own first big payout from a hit in Chapter 1?

6. What sparked the Detroit riots in 1967?

7. Why did Bridgett finally decide to write about her mother's life and business?

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

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

10. Why did Fannie decide to go out on her own in the Numbers business?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you explain the relationship between luck and risk as Fannie Davis seems to see it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

What was the relationship between the auto industry in Detroit and The Numbers? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Fannie react to the news that Michigan will begin running its own legal, state-run lottery? How does the legal lottery end up affecting Fannie's business? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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