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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news did Bob break to his mother in stages?
(a) His marriage.
(b) His decision to quit music.
(c) His parenthood.
(d) His career in music.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. How did Bob's mother feel about his desire to return to the ghetto and the music industry?
(a) Happy.
(b) Shocked.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Angry.

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

8. Who arrived in Jamaica shortly after the Wailers released their single, "Rude Boy"?
(a) Asfa Wossen.
(b) Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.
(c) Haile Selassie.
(d) Cedella Marley.

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

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

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

12. How did Bob's godmother offend the family?
(a) By claiming she is better than they are.
(b) She does not offend Bob's family.
(c) By blaming Bob for Omeriah's death.
(d) By questioning their beliefs.

13. Why were Marley's new songs a marvel?
(a) They are not.
(b) Because they are highly personal but universal simultaneously.
(c) Because Peter Dodd actually approved of it.
(d) Because the music is so catchy.

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

15. What concert was Bob asked to do that would be sponsored by the Jamaican Ministry of Culture?
(a) Rasta-Jammin'.
(b) Smile Jamaica.
(c) One Love Peace.
(d) Island Friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Cedella marry in Chapter 9, "Natural Mystic"?

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

3. When Marley ran out of money to produce his own records, who helped him out?

4. Who went to the airport to see Selassie?

5. Who eventually took over the house at 56 Hope Road?

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