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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 did Deborah go to hear speak at Temple Number One on Linwood Avenue?

2. What number did Davis's mother hit big on in Chapter 1?

3. Which famous singer lived in the same neighborhood as Davis's family?

4. Which of the following was one of Davis's mother's main worries concerning her business?

5. Who was known as Madame Queen in the 1930s in Detroit?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bridgett remember her mother Fannie treating family and friends during Bridgett's childhood?

2. Why did authorities raid Detroit's Hotel Gotham?

3. What sparked the Detroit riots in 1967?

4. How did Bridgett feel about her father John T. as a young child?

5. How did Fannie go about buying the house on Broadstreet?

6. Who provided Bridgett with a lot of valuable information about Fannie for her book after Fannie passes away?

7. What were some of the causes Detroit's Black Numbers runners funded?

8. What were some of the superstitious things Fannie did to help keep her luck up in her business?

9. What did Fannie do with her own first big payout from a hit in Chapter 1?

10. Why did Fannie decide to go out on her own in the Numbers business?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Fannie react to the news that Michigan will begin running its own legal, state-run lottery? How does the legal lottery end up affecting Fannie's business? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why was it not possible for Fannie Davis to buy the house on Broadstreet herself, since she had the cash to do it? How did she actually have to buy the house, and why did she have to do it this way? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Fannie tell Bridgett that Bridgett was "born lucky," even though Bridgett was two months premature and quite sickly at birth? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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