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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Captain Marley take Bob upon Bob's arrival in Kingston in Chapter 4, "Bad Card"?
(a) To a nice house in the rich part of town.
(b) Directly to school.
(c) To his own home.
(d) To a decrepit house on Heywood Street.

2. What year did the Wailers become highly successful on summer stage shows?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1964.

3. Why did Cedella decide to relocate?
(a) In order to find a husband.
(b) Because they were evicted from their home.
(c) She did not decide to relocate.
(d) In order to save money for Bob's education.

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

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

6. What type of music was Bob interested in at age fourteen?
(a) Rap.
(b) Ska.
(c) Country.
(d) Jazz.

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

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

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

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

11. Who would Bob be under the care of in Kingston?
(a) Cedella.
(b) This is not specified.
(c) Captain Marley's wealthy nephew.
(d) Captain Marley.

12. Where did Cedella decide to move when she discovered she was pregnant for a second time?
(a) Kingston, Jamaica.
(b) Brooklyn, New York.
(c) Wilmington, Delaware.
(d) Nine Miles, Jamaica.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bob think about his new neighborhood in Chapter 6 "Small Axe"?

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

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

4. How did Rita's aunt Viola respond to finding Rita and Bob in her house?

5. Who was convinced that an evil spirit is trying to do bad things to Cedella's child?

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