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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. Davis's mother once told her she was as good as anyone but which of the following?

2. Who did Davis's brother Anthony propose to on Christmas Day in Chapter 6?

3. What choice did Davis's mother give her for her sixteenth birthday?

4. What did Davis's mother do after the big FBI raid on the Numbers runners in Chapter 6?

5. What single color did Davis's mother redecorate the living room in the house at Seven Mile in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bridgett feel about her stepfather?

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

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

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

5. What comment did Bridgett's English professor at Spelman make that Bridgett found crass and clueless?

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

7. What number did Detroiters habitually play back in the 1930s?

8. How did Fannie manage to avoid all the raids on Numbers runners?

9. How did the legal Michigan lottery affect Fannie's Numbers business when the lottery first started up?

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

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

How does Fannie help encourage others in her life and lift them up so they have hopes of achieving their own dreams and goals throughout her life? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How did the riots in Detroit in 1967 affect Bridgett's family, and what does Bridgett remember most clearly about that time in her young life? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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