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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 was one of the biggest Numbers men in Detroit that Davis's mother worked for?

2. Who owned the Hotel Gotham for a time?

3. What was an illegal after-hours place selling alcohol referred to as in Detroit in the 1960s?

4. Which cousin did Davis spend a lot of time with growing up who was her Aunt Florence's daughter?

5. What drink did Davis's father sometimes share with her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were some of the superstitious things Fannie did to help keep her luck up in her business?

3. Why did authorities raid Detroit's Hotel Gotham?

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

5. How does Bridgett remember her mother Fannie treating family and friends during Bridgett's childhood?

6. Why did Rita write letters to God?

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

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

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

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

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 did the Gotham Hotel mean to the Numbers business in Detroit, and how did the Numbers business change after the raid on the Gotham? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Bridgett feel about moving from the house on Broadstreet to the one on Seven Mile Road? How does her life change after the move? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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