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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 Detroit's police commissioner during the time of the Gotham raid?

2. What did Davis cling to that her mother had bought her at Tiger Stadium?

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

4. Who was known as Madame Queen in the 1930s in Detroit?

5. What did customers who got hits on their numbers receive from Davis's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Bridgett's father have trouble finding steady work?

9. Where did Fannie vacation in Chapter 4 and why was it memorable for her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the challenges and setbacks that begin to plague Fannie's children and Bridgett's siblings as they grow into adulthood? How does the family weather these setbacks and challenges? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How did the fact that Ezra Drumwright, Fannie's father, was a landowner affect Ezra's descendants all the way to Bridgett's generation? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

How does Bridgett's parents' divorce affect her relationship with both her mother and her father? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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