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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Davis's father's funeral procession depart from?
(a) Southfield Road.
(b) Her mother's house on Seven Mile.
(c) Mitchell Road.
(d) Broadstreet.

2. Which writer was known as America's sleeping clairvoyant?
(a) Jemina Wolston.
(b) Rola Ronana.
(c) Edgar Cayce.
(d) Roger Stebbins.

3. Which reverend did Davis's mother think was a con man?
(a) James F. Jones.
(b) Lindsay Wharton.
(c) Richard Willington.
(d) Cotton Randall.

4. Which two street gangs did Davis remember in Detroit in the 1980s?
(a) Crips and the Errol Flynns.
(b) Errol Flynns and the BKs.
(c) Crips and Bloods.
(d) BKs and the Bloods.

5. What was one of Detroit's nickname in the 1970s?
(a) The Big Smoke.
(b) Silent City.
(c) Music City.
(d) Murder Capital USA.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was Davis's senior high school trip?

4. Who was one of Davis's favorite musical groups when she was 10?

5. Who did Davis's mother believe was authentically psychic?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What tradition did Fannie often have involving candles?

3. What information did Bridgett let slip one day that could have caused trouble for Fannie?

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

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

6. What impressed Bridgett about the way Fannie conducted herself when someone treated her unfairly because of her race?

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

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

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

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

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