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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. Where did Davis's mother stay on her trip to Florida in Chapter 4?

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

3. What was the FHA interest rate on home loans at the time Davis's mother bought their house?

4. What did Davis's mother never seem to do at all in her life?

5. What happened in the Algiers Motel incident?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the causes Detroit's Black Numbers runners funded?

2. When and why did John T., Bridett's father, move out of the family home?

3. What did Fannie's father Ezra Drumwright do that showed foresight and intelligence?

4. Who was Fannie's best friend and what did she tell Bridgett in Chapter 1 about Fannie?

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

6. What did Fannie say about turning 40?

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

8. What was the danger every time Fannie had to give a huge payout to someone who had had a hit?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Fannie tell Bridgett that Bridgett was "born lucky," even though Bridgett was two months premature and quite sickly at birth? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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