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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was blamed when a fight broke out at the Wailer's show on Christmas morning of 1964?
(a) The Doors.
(b) Coxsone Dodd.
(c) The Wailers.
(d) The police.

2. What did the band do when they were not rehearing or recording?
(a) Fly to other countries.
(b) Hang around at Island House.
(c) Argue with one another.
(d) Go swimming in the ocean.

3. Who wrote a long letter to Bob in February?
(a) Bunny.
(b) Cedella.
(c) Captain Marley.
(d) Rita.

4. Whose jealousy became apparent during the Wailers' tour?
(a) Bunny Livingston.
(b) Bob Marley.
(c) Peter Tosh.
(d) Winston Matthews.

5. Who cut ties with the Wailers after his girlfriend was killed in a car accident after leaving Island House?
(a) Bob Marley.
(b) Bunny Livingston.
(c) Winston Matthews.
(d) Peter Tosh.

6. Where was Cedella when Bob dreamed in Chapter 11, "Rat Race"?
(a) The store.
(b) At work.
(c) Sitting next to him.
(d) In the kitchen.

7. What record company gained the rights to "Catch a Fire"?
(a) Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio, Ltd.
(b) Island Records.
(c) JAD and Cayman Music.
(d) Jamaican Records.

8. Who gave Bob permission to marry Rita?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) His mother.
(c) His band.
(d) Her aunt.

9. Who wanted Marley's ring from Wossen after Marley's death?
(a) Asfa Wossen.
(b) Cedella.
(c) Prophet Gad.
(d) Rita.

10. When did Haile Selassie visit Jamaica?
(a) Before Bob Marley went to Delaware
(b) While Bob Marley was still living in Delaware.
(c) Never.
(d) After Bob Marley returned from Delaware.

11. What popular label in Jamaica did the Wailers release a song on in Chapter 13, "Crisis"?
(a) Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio, Ltd.
(b) Jamaican Records.
(c) Tuff Gong.
(d) JAD and Cayman Music.

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

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

14. Why was the militia preemptively called in during the third annual independence parade in Kingston?
(a) To break up fights.
(b) This did not occur.
(c) To scare the Wailers.
(d) To prevent upheaval.

15. During Omeriah's funeral, why were the mirrors turned in the house?
(a) To preserve his spirit for reincarnation.
(b) To confuse any evil spirits lurking around.
(c) To prevent Omeriah from rising from the dead.
(d) To prevent more deaths in the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bob decide to do before leaving Jamaica?

2. Who quickly became a musical prophet for Jamaicans?

3. Who still frequented Island House, despite developing his own work?

4. Where did Cedella go to see Marley play?

5. What happened to the producer of "The Best of the Wailers"?

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