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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 is Lisa's mother?

2. What business was Davis's Uncle John in?

3. What was the first Broadway musical Davis ever sees?

4. Where did Davis work at a job as a teenager?

5. Which of the following numbers is supposed to be particularly lucky?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Bridgett feel about her stepfather?

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

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

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

6. As she grew, why did Bridgett choose to largely ignore the family business where some of her other siblings helped with it?

7. What are "fancy" numbers?

8. What tradition did Fannie often have involving candles?

9. What investment did Fannie make in Bridgett's endeavor that did not turn out well?

10. Why was Pearl Massey's friendship so vital to Fannie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Bridgett feel when she finds her sister Rita's letters to God? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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