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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Bob's music start to catch on?
(a) Because it appealed to the rich, upper-class people in Jamaica.
(b) Because Bob forced everyone he knows to promote his music.
(c) Because it appealed to the newly-independent people of Jamaica.
(d) Bob's music did not start to catch on.

2. Where was a concert taking place as the biography opened?
(a) Kingston.
(b) Nine Miles.
(c) New York.
(d) Zimbabwe.

3. Besides European influence, what type of traditions was Ras Tafari raised with?
(a) Native American traditions.
(b) Jamaican mystic traditions.
(c) Shoan-Amharic traditions.
(d) He never revealed the traditions he was raised with.

4. What did the Malcolm family realize after they did not hear from Bob for several weeks?
(a) They heard from Bob every couple days.
(b) He was having a good time.
(c) He was on his way home.
(d) He was lost in Kingston.

5. Who was Ras Tafari born to?
(a) Haile Selassie.
(b) Bob Marley.
(c) Asfa Wossen.
(d) Ras Makonnen.

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

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

8. Who was Bob given the opportunity to sing for in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?
(a) Coxsone Dodd.
(b) Leslie Kong.
(c) Chris Blackwell.
(d) Peter Tosh.

9. Who began handing Rita love notes from Bob?
(a) Bunny.
(b) Coxsone.
(c) Bob.
(d) Peter.

10. Who did Bob push his music on?
(a) Bunny Livingston.
(b) Chris Blackwell.
(c) Winston Matthews.
(d) Coxsone Dodd.

11. Who was seen as a man who had the capacity to repel evil by many people in the Third World?
(a) Haile Selassie.
(b) Bob Marley.
(c) Peter Tosh.
(d) Asfa Wossen.

12. Where did Bob Marley grow up?
(a) In Brooklyn, New York.
(b) In Wilmington, Delaware.
(c) In Kingston, Jamaica.
(d) In Nine Miles, Jamaica.

13. Why did Cedella lose her case?
(a) Because she could not afford the court fees.
(b) Because Bob testified against his mother.
(c) Because she did not bring a lawyer with her.
(d) Because she had no grounds for her case.

14. How did Bob feel about going to Kingston?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Upset.
(c) Angry.
(d) Excited.

15. Why did Cedella go to the courthouse a few days after visiting Captain Marley?
(a) To file a formal complaint that he remarried without first divorcing her.
(b) To get a new copy of Bob's birth certificate.
(c) To file for divorce from Captain Marley.
(d) To obtain a marriage license to marry Toddy Livingston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bob tell his mother about his career goals in Chapter 7, "Who Feels It, Knows It"?

2. How did Captain Marley die?

3. What did the rumors spread about Ras Tafari's childhood refer to?

4. Who made a pact to prevent Tafari from gaining power?

5. Who tried to give Bob home remedies for his injury while working as a welder?

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