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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the influential music producer that Bob met in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?
(a) Chris Blackwell.
(b) Leslie Kong.
(c) Coxsone Dodd.
(d) Peter Tosh.

2. How did Bob react to seeing his father for the first time?
(a) He faints.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He cries.
(d) He hits the man.

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

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

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 prude and snobbish.
(b) As intelligent and resourceful.
(c) As a barren and worthless woman.
(d) This is not considered.

6. Who liked to tell everyone he was the leader of the group Bob organized?
(a) Bunny Livingston.
(b) Bob Marley.
(c) Winston Matthews.
(d) Peter Tosh.

7. Why did Rastafarianism flourish in Jamaica?
(a) It did not flourish in Jamaica.
(b) No one has ever discovered the reason.
(c) Because it was their native religion.
(d) Because it appealed to the poor.

8. What did Marley witness that shattered his illusions of grandeur with the African people?
(a) Their emaciated forms.
(b) African police beating their own people.
(c) The people fighting amongst themselves.
(d) Nothing shatters his illusions of grandeur with the African people.

9. What was Bob Marley's nickname during his childhood?
(a) Nesta.
(b) Bunny.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Boo.

10. Who did Cedella greet at Captain Marley's home?
(a) His new wife.
(b) Captain Marley.
(c) Bob Marley.
(d) Omeriah Malcolm.

11. Who did Bob hang out with in Kingston?
(a) Captain Marley.
(b) Peter Tosh.
(c) Bunny Livingston.
(d) Omeriah Malcolm.

12. What became popular in Bob's neighborhood in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?
(a) Cinema.
(b) Women.
(c) Radios.
(d) The Wailers.

13. What was Ras Tafari promised from birth that he did not inherit?
(a) Control over nature.
(b) The governorship of Harar.
(c) A large castle in Egypt.
(d) His family's money.

14. 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 lost in Kingston.
(c) He was on his way home.
(d) He was having a good time.

15. Why was a pact made to prevent Tafari from gaining power?
(a) Because he was a heretic.
(b) Because people were jealous of him.
(c) No such pact was made.
(d) Because he was far too dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would Bob be under the care of in Kingston?

2. Who started to promote Bob's records in Chapter 7, "Who Feels It, Knows It"?

3. What did Bob say attacked him at night?

4. Who did Bob push his music on?

5. Why did Bob's music start to catch on?

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