View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Rita's aunt Viola respond to finding Rita and Bob in her house?
(a) She invited them to stay.
(b) She called the police.
(c) She kicked them out.
(d) She shot at them.

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

3. What did Ras Tafari change his name to?
(a) Nesta Roberts.
(b) Robert Marley.
(c) Haile Selassie I.
(d) Asfa Wossen.

4. What had Bob already began in regards to a career in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?
(a) Composing songs.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Applying to colleges.
(d) His apprenticeship.

5. Who did Cedella quickly fall in love with?
(a) Toddy Livingston.
(b) Omeriah Malcolm.
(c) Bob Marley.
(d) Captain Norval Marley.

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

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

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

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

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

11. Where did Cedella and Bob move in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?
(a) Wilmington.
(b) Kingston.
(c) Nine Miles.
(d) Trench Town.

12. What happened to Cedella's child when he was only four months old?
(a) He nearly dies.
(b) He begins to walk.
(c) He is kidnapped.
(d) He learns to read.

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

14. Where did Cedella decide to move in Chapter 4, "Bad Card"?
(a) New York.
(b) Kingston.
(c) Wilmington.
(d) Nine Miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Bob push his music on?

3. Why did the father of Cedella's child marry her?

4. Why did Cedella lose her case?

5. What existed on Tafari's palms that was inexplicable?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 498 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample