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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Bob break ties with Kong?
(a) Because Kong is rude to Cedella.
(b) Bob does not break ties with Kong.
(c) Because another producer offers more money.
(d) Because the producer has refused to pay him.

6. What did Captain Marley's new wife realize during his conversation with Cedella?
(a) That Bob was coming to live with his father.
(b) That Captain Marley had several children.
(c) That Captain Marley had been married before.
(d) That Cedella was crazy.

7. What career did Cedella want to get Bob an apprenticeship to?
(a) Mechanics.
(b) Carpentry.
(c) Welding.
(d) Electrician.

8. What entered Bob's eye while he was working as a welder?
(a) A piece of glass.
(b) A bug.
(c) Fire.
(d) A hot sliver of metal.

9. When was Ras Tafari born?
(a) July 23, 1892.
(b) September 2, 1937.
(c) June 25, 1985.
(d) January 1, 1940.

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

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

12. What was the name of the group that Bob organized in Chapter 7, "Who Feels It, Knows It"?
(a) The Beatles.
(b) The Temptations.
(c) The Doors.
(d) The Wailers.

13. Besides European influence, what type of traditions was Ras Tafari raised with?
(a) He never revealed the traditions he was raised with.
(b) Jamaican mystic traditions.
(c) Native American traditions.
(d) Shoan-Amharic traditions.

14. In Chapter 5, "Pass It On", where did Cedella head on Saturday?
(a) Toward Whitfield Town.
(b) Toward Nine Miles.
(c) Toward Trench Town.
(d) Toward Wilmington.

15. What did the Malcolm family realize after they did not hear from Bob for several weeks?
(a) He was lost in Kingston.
(b) He was on his way home.
(c) They heard from Bob every couple days.
(d) He was having a good time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanied Bob on the bus ride to Kingston?

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

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

4. Who did Bob hang out with in Kingston?

5. Why did Rastafarianism flourish in Jamaica?

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