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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. When did Davis graduate from high school?
2. What did Jewell think a hunch on a number is?
3. When did the singer Josephine Baker die?
4. Which singer did Davis's mother take her to see in Detroit when she was 13 years old?
5. What were specific formulas for supposedly finding lucky numbers called?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Fannie give to both Rita and Bridgett when they were young that helped them as they grew up?
2. Why does Bridgett think her father did not attend her sixteenth birthday party?
3. What does Bridgett regret about the way her father's death played out?
4. How did Fannie manage to avoid all the raids on Numbers runners?
5. How did Fannie feel about the connection some people made between Numbers and God?
6. How did Bridgett feel about her stepfather?
7. How did the legal Michigan lottery affect Fannie's Numbers business when the lottery first started up?
8. What investment did Fannie make in Bridgett's endeavor that did not turn out well?
9. What gift did Fannie get for Bridgett while she was still in high school that she cherished?
10. As she grew, why did Bridgett choose to largely ignore the family business where some of her other siblings helped with it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
How does Bridgett feel when she finds her sister Rita's letters to God? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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