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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 7 - 9).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase could Davis's mother use that would make Davis cry for a whole day?
(a) I am going to tell your stepfather.
(b) I will not buy you anything more this month.
(c) I'm disappointed in you.
(d) You should pray more.

2. What did Davis's mother wear to her second wedding?
(a) A red wedding dress.
(b) A blue suit.
(c) An off-white two-piece suit.
(d) A white wedding dress with a long train.

3. When did Davis's mother stop working for someone else and start doing Numbers for herself?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

4. Where did Davis work at a job as a teenager?
(a) Tastee Freeze Ice Cream.
(b) Wendy's.
(c) Southfield Clinic.
(d) Northland Mall.

5. Which of the following authors does Davis begin the book with a quote from?
(a) Dorothy Parker.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Langston Hughes.
(d) Maya Angelou.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie did Davis's mother refuse to let her see, which Davis wrote about in her diary?

2. What happened in the Algiers Motel incident?

3. When did the singer Josephine Baker die?

4. Where did Davis's mother send her a postcard from while on vacation with Burt in Chapter 7?

5. What did Davis's mother habitually wear on her ring finger?

(see the answer key)

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