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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: Redemption Song.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the boys in Kingston learn to be more independent and more mischievous?
(a) In the country.
(b) In the music they hear.
(c) In school.
(d) In the big city.

2. What did Cedella's husband tell her the day after their marriage?
(a) He does not believe her child is really his.
(b) He has a wife in another country.
(c) He is cheating on her.
(d) He is leaving Nine Miles never to return.

3. Where did Cedella decide to move in Chapter 4, "Bad Card"?
(a) Kingston.
(b) Nine Miles.
(c) Wilmington.
(d) New York.

4. Who started to promote Bob's records in Chapter 7, "Who Feels It, Knows It"?
(a) Bob.
(b) Coxsone.
(c) Bunny.
(d) Peter.

5. When rumors spread that Bob Marley was dead, how did he prove that he was back on top?
(a) He ignored the rumors.
(b) By releasing a new single.
(c) By hosting a large party.
(d) By giving a free concert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Bob push his music on?

2. Two days after Bob's dream that caused him chest pain, what did he learn?

3. How many Rastas surrounded Selassie's plane when he visited Jamaica in 1966?

4. How was a girl in Bob's culture seen if she was not pregnant by the time she was out of her teens?

5. Who formed a group called the Soulettes?

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