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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Bob's music start to catch on?
(a) Because it appealed to the rich, upper-class people in Jamaica.
(b) Because Bob forced everyone he knows to promote his music.
(c) Because it appealed to the newly-independent people of Jamaica.
(d) Bob's music did not start to catch on.

2. What was Cedella's nickname?
(a) Ceddy.
(b) Dilly.
(c) Delly.
(d) Ciddy.

3. Who did Cedella greet at Captain Marley's home?
(a) His new wife.
(b) Captain Marley.
(c) Bob Marley.
(d) Omeriah Malcolm.

4. What was the name of the studio that Coxsone built?
(a) Island House Recording and Publishing Studio, Inc.
(b) Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio, Ltd.
(c) Rude Boy Entertainment, LLC.
(d) Jamaican Beats Recording and Publishing Studio, Co.

5. Why was a pact made to prevent Tafari from gaining power?
(a) Because people were jealous of him.
(b) Because he was a heretic.
(c) No such pact was made.
(d) Because he was far too dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does Ras Tafari become leader of?

2. What did Bob say attacked him at night?

3. What career did Cedella want to get Bob an apprenticeship to?

4. Who was convinced that an evil spirit is trying to do bad things to Cedella's child?

5. Who did Bob push his music on?

Short Essay Questions

1. After returning to Nine Miles where did Cedella decide to move, and why?

2. Who were the members of the Wailers, and who offered them a contract?

3. What happened when Rita spent the night with Bob?

4. Describe Ras Tafari's childhood.

5. How did Rastafarianism affect Jamaicans?

6. What did Bob and Bunny learn in Kingston?

7. Describe Bob Marley at age fourteen.

8. Why did Cedella visit Captain Marley in Chapter 5, "Pass It On"?

9. When did Ras Tafari change his name, and what did he change it to?

10. What happened on February 6, 1945?

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