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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bob decide to do before leaving Jamaica?
(a) Disband the Wailers.
(b) Marry Rita.
(c) Break up with Rita.
(d) Release one more record.

2. What did Jamaicans fear which caused them to hide inside on July 7, 1977?
(a) The number 7.
(b) The month of July.
(c) The heat.
(d) Bob Marley.

3. Why did Bunny and Peter record singles with Dodd individually?
(a) They wanted to leave the Wailers.
(b) They were looking for more money.
(c) They wanted to become more popular than Marley.
(d) They did not record singles with Dodd individually.

4. Who did the London Rastas put Marley in touch with while he was in England?
(a) Chris Blackwell.
(b) Asfa Wossen.
(c) Haile Selassie.
(d) Bunny Livingston.

5. What did Bob dream that he was given in Chapter 11, "Rat Race"?
(a) A platinum album.
(b) A new silver BMW.
(c) A ring with a black jewel embossed with an insignia.
(d) A house in Jamaica.

6. What did Bob dream about on September 10, 1964 that caused him to wake with severe chest pain?
(a) Kingston.
(b) Coxsone.
(c) Cedella.
(d) Nine Miles.

7. Who questioned Bob's talents and overall gifts with the mystic world?
(a) His godmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His grandfather.

8. What was placed outside the house for three days after Omeriah's death?
(a) His body.
(b) His wife.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His bed.

9. What did Bob hope to do by leaving Jamaica in Chapter 10, "Stir It Up"?
(a) Improve their situation.
(b) Bob never left Jamaica.
(c) Never return.
(d) Escape the music industry.

10. What did Cedella believe Bob would be successful at when she received his note in Chapter 9, "Natural Mystic"?
(a) Welding.
(b) Music.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Fatherhood.

11. While visiting friends in Delaware, how old did Marley say he would be when he died?
(a) 27.
(b) 51.
(c) 43.
(d) 36.

12. What happened to the producer of "The Best of the Wailers"?
(a) He was paralyzed in a car accident the next day.
(b) He succeeded at all of his future ventures.
(c) Nothing unusual.
(d) He died of a massive heart attack at thirty-eight years old.

13. What did "Rude Boy" describe?
(a) The discontent found on the Jamaican streets.
(b) A rebellious teenage boy.
(c) Religious repression.
(d) Intercourse with many women.

14. Who suggested that Marley and Johnny Nash go to Sweden in 1970?
(a) Dodd.
(b) Sims.
(c) Kong.
(d) Blackwell.

15. When Marley ran out of money to produce his own records, who helped him out?
(a) Rita.
(b) Bunny.
(c) Coxsone.
(d) Cedella.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who treated Marley in Bavaria?

2. Where was Cedella when Bob dreamed in Chapter 11, "Rat Race"?

3. What popular label in Jamaica did the Wailers release a song on in Chapter 13, "Crisis"?

4. What religion did Rita convert to?

5. At his funeral, why was Omeriah's body reversed?

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