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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cedella's husband tell her the day after their marriage?
(a) He does not believe her child is really his.
(b) He has a wife in another country.
(c) He is cheating on her.
(d) He is leaving Nine Miles never to return.

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

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

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

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

6. Who was convinced that an evil spirit is trying to do bad things to Cedella's child?
(a) Cedella.
(b) Captain Marley, her husband.
(c) Omeriah, her father.
(d) Pearl, her sister.

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

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

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

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

11. What happened when Rita stayed the night with Bob?
(a) They got married.
(b) She was harassed by his nosy neighbors.
(c) They never spoke again.
(d) She was attacked by the evil things he had described earlier.

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

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

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

15. What occurred at midnight on August 5?
(a) Cedella gave birth to a daughter named Pearl.
(b) Jamaica broke into civil war.
(c) Jamaica became a free and independent nation.
(d) Omeriah died from a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became king of Ethiopia, granting Garvey renown and fame for predicting it in America and Jamaica?

2. How old was Bob in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?

3. What year did the Wailers become highly successful on summer stage shows?

4. Who was thought to be a prophet for the African people?

5. When the Wailers lost a contest, what happened to their popularity when Bob decided to beat up the winners?

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