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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cedella found Bob in Chapter 4, "Bad Card", whose care was he under?
(a) Captain Marley.
(b) Robert Nesta.
(c) Omeriah.
(d) Miss Grey.

2. How did Captain Marley die?
(a) From a heart attack.
(b) From a car accident.
(c) From old age.
(d) From a stroke.

3. Who did Garvey claim would be the Redeemer?
(a) The Black King.
(b) The White Queen.
(c) The Black Queen.
(d) The White King.

4. Why did Bob tell his mother not to worry about his father's remarriage?
(a) They did not need Captain Marley anyway.
(b) Captain Marley was going to die soon anyway.
(c) Karma would repay Captain Marley.
(d) Bob did not tell his mother not to worry.

5. What did Bob think about his new neighborhood in Chapter 6 "Small Axe"?
(a) He got into fights every day because he was poorer than his neighbors.
(b) He liked it much better than his old neighborhood.
(c) He thought it suited him perfectly.
(d) He found it monotonous and boring.

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

7. What was the name of Cedella's first child?
(a) Robert Nesta.
(b) Peter Bunny.
(c) Bobby Ray.
(d) Pearl.

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

9. Who did Cedella decide to move with in Chapter 4, "Bad Card"?
(a) Omeriah Malcolm.
(b) Captain Marley.
(c) Toddy Livingston.
(d) Peter Tosh.

10. What is the name of the "Black Man's Bible" of Rastafarianism?
(a) Torah.
(b) Koran.
(c) King James Bible.
(d) The Holy Piby.

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

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

13. Who formed a group called the Soulettes?
(a) Cedella Marley.
(b) Rita Anderson.
(c) Bunny Livingston.
(d) Pearl Malcolm.

14. What country does Ras Tafari become leader of?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Italy.

15. What did Marley call himself?
(a) The Wailer.
(b) The Duppy Conqueror.
(c) The Black King.
(d) The One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the band's competitors have that the Wailers began to get jealous of in Chapter 8, "People Get Ready"?

2. Why did Bob break ties with Kong?

3. Who was seen as a man who had the capacity to repel evil by many people in the Third World?

4. What did Cedella's husband tell her the day after their marriage?

5. Who hung out on her porch every day in order to try to get the Wailers' attention?

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