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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two days after Bob's dream that caused him chest pain, what did he learn?
(a) Omeriah has died.
(b) Cedella lost her baby in childbirth.
(c) Nothing unusual.
(d) His last record has been a failure.

2. While Bob was gone, who was the most aggressive Wailer who tried to continue writing?
(a) Winston Matthews.
(b) Peter Tosh.
(c) The Wailers disbanded when Bob leaves Jamaica.
(d) Bunny Livingston.

3. Who had left the Wailers by Chapter 14, "Who the Cap Fit"?
(a) Peter and Winston.
(b) Bunny and Peter.
(c) Winston and Bob.
(d) Bob and Bunny.

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

5. Who worked hard to make the Wailers a success?
(a) Peter Tosh.
(b) Bob Marley.
(c) Winston Matthews.
(d) Bunny Livingston.

6. Who decided to release the Wailers' old tracks for pure profit?
(a) Bob Marley.
(b) Coxsone Dodd.
(c) Chris Blackwell.
(d) Leslie Kong.

7. At his funeral, why was Omeriah's body reversed?
(a) To confuse any evil spirits lurking around.
(b) To prevent Omeriah from rising from the dead.
(c) To preserve his spirit for reincarnation.
(d) To prevent more deaths in the family.

8. How did Bob feel about Delaware as soon as he arrived?
(a) He was indifferent.
(b) He never went to Delaware.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He hated it.

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

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

11. Who went to the airport to see Selassie?
(a) Peter.
(b) Bob.
(c) Bunny.
(d) Rita.

12. What rumors circulated upon Marley's return to Jamaica?
(a) No rumors circulated about Marley upon his return to Jamaica.
(b) That he would not be as good as he once was.
(c) That he would be better than ever before.
(d) That he was dead.

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

14. According to Chapter 14, "Who the Cap Fit", who was always the last to bed and first to rise in the house?
(a) Peter Tosh.
(b) Bunny Livingston.
(c) Winston Matthews.
(d) Bob Marley.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who cut ties with the Wailers after his girlfriend was killed in a car accident after leaving Island House?

3. How were women seen in Rita's new religion?

4. What did Bob dream that he was given in Chapter 11, "Rat Race"?

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

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