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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) Robert Nesta.
(b) Captain Marley.
(c) Miss Grey.
(d) Omeriah.

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

3. Who wrote to Cedella inviting Bob to Kingston?
(a) Toddy Livingston.
(b) Omeriah Malcolm.
(c) Peter Tosh.
(d) Captain Marley.

4. How did Cedella's family feel when Bob returned to Nine Miles with his mother?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Agitated.
(d) Indifferent.

5. Who was thought to be a prophet for the African people?
(a) Prophet Gad.
(b) Jim Morrison.
(c) Asfa Wossen.
(d) Ras Tafari.

6. Why did Bob want to look more like a white person?
(a) Because he was told his skin was sinful.
(b) Because these were the people with power.
(c) Because he thought he was ugly.
(d) Bob did not want to look more like a white person.

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

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

9. How old was Bob in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?
(a) Thirty years old.
(b) Eight years old.
(c) Fourteen years old.
(d) Eighteen years old.

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

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

12. What was Cedella's nickname?
(a) Ceddy.
(b) Ciddy.
(c) Delly.
(d) Dilly.

13. Who started to promote Bob's records in Chapter 7, "Who Feels It, Knows It"?
(a) Bob.
(b) Bunny.
(c) Coxsone.
(d) Peter.

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

15. What did Cedella want Bob to take advantage of in Kingston?
(a) The access to the upper-class.
(b) The superior education system.
(c) The musical industry.
(d) Cedella does not want Bob to go to Kingston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Cedella decide to move in Chapter 4, "Bad Card"?

2. Who began handing Rita love notes from Bob?

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

4. Where was a concert taking place as the biography opened?

5. What was Ras Tafari promised from birth that he did not inherit?

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