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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. How much money did Davis's mother win herself in playing the new Michigan state lottery?

2. What did Davis tell her graduate school classmates is her favorite book?

3. What book about dreams did Davis's sister Deborah give her?

4. What does Aunt Florence tell Davis she was able to do by playing Jewell's number?

5. Which of the following was one of Davis's favorite movies in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bridgett feel about her stepfather?

2. Why is Bridgett so impressed with how her principal, Percy Porter, handled the situation between her and Peter Golightly?

3. What did Bridgett's family members reassure her of after her father's death?

4. Why did dreams carry such weight in the Davis household?

5. Why did Bridgett never get to deliver her graduation pictures to her father?

6. Which college did Bridgett attend and how did she pay for it?

7. Why does Bridgett think her father did not attend her sixteenth birthday party?

8. How did Fannie feel about the connection some people made between Numbers and God?

9. Why did Bridgett get in a fight with Peter Golightly?

10. What does Bridgett regret about the way her father's death played out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Fannie's death affect Bridgett? What does Bridgett think was one of her most significant mistakes in reacting to and handling her mother's final illness? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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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