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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did customers who got hits on their numbers receive from Davis's mother?
(a) A gun to carry their cash home safely.
(b) A bag to carry cash in.
(c) A fly sheet.
(d) A complimentary mint.

2. Who did Deborah go to hear speak at Temple Number One on Linwood Avenue?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Muhammad Ali.
(c) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) George Foreman.

3. What kind of music was popular in Davis's household and in Detroit growing up?
(a) Motown.
(b) Classic Rock.
(c) Punk.
(d) Classical.

4. When did Davis's mother buy her first gun?
(a) August 1993.
(b) July 1969.
(c) April 1990.
(d) March 1980.

5. Which aunt of Davis's helped her tell her mother's story in this book?
(a) Florence.
(b) Rita.
(c) Lula.
(d) Dianne.

6. Who did Davis's mother ask to help her buy the house since she could not directly purchase it on her own?
(a) Marshall Headly.
(b) Marston James.
(c) Langston Finbone.
(d) Wallace Colvin.

7. What was Davis's grandfather's name?
(a) Ezra Drumwright.
(b) Nicholas Drumwright.
(c) Marcus Drumwright.
(d) Eddie Drumwright.

8. Which sister of Davis's wrote notes to God?
(a) Dianne.
(b) Florence.
(c) Rita.
(d) Lula.

9. Who was Davis's mother's best friend?
(a) Rita.
(b) Lula.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Florence.

10. How much did Davis's mother pay for the family home?
(a) $12,345.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $80,000.
(d) $16,700.

11. What is Davis's mother's first name?
(a) Florence.
(b) Lula.
(c) Rita.
(d) Fannie.

12. What was the FHA interest rate on home loans at the time Davis's mother bought their house?
(a) 20%.
(b) 5.5%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 12%.

13. How did Davis's mother celebrate her fortieth birthday?
(a) With a surprise party that was likely not a real surprise.
(b) With a singer and a karaoke machine.
(c) In Las Vegas with her family.
(d) By buying herself a new car.

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

15. Which famous singer lived in the same neighborhood as Davis's family?
(a) Billie Holiday.
(b) Diana Ross.
(c) Buddy Holly.
(d) James Brown.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did W.E.B. Dubois call educated and privileged Black people?

3. Who was Detroit's police commissioner during the time of the Gotham raid?

4. Which of the following authors does Davis begin the book with a quote from?

5. When was Davis's mother's best decade as a Numbers runner?

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