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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Small Axe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Rastas surrounded Selassie's plane when he visited Jamaica in 1966?
(a) Over 5,000,000.
(b) Only 5.
(c) Nearly 20.
(d) Over 100,000.

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

3. Why did the father of Cedella's child marry her?
(a) Because the law demands it.
(b) Because he loves her.
(c) He refuses to marry her.
(d) To save Bob from being a bastard child.

4. What happened to Cedella's child when he was only four months old?
(a) He begins to walk.
(b) He is kidnapped.
(c) He nearly dies.
(d) He learns to read.

5. How was a girl in Bob's culture seen if she was not pregnant by the time she was out of her teens?
(a) As intelligent and resourceful.
(b) This is not considered.
(c) As prude and snobbish.
(d) As a barren and worthless woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the boys in Kingston learn to be more independent and more mischievous?

2. Who did Captain Marley ask Cedella about when she visited his home in Chapter 5, "Pass It On"?

3. Who did Cedella greet at Captain Marley's home?

4. What became popular in Bob's neighborhood in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?

5. Besides European influence, what type of traditions was Ras Tafari raised with?

(see the answer key)

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