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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. Who was performing a concert for Independence Day at the beginning of the biography?
(a) Bob Marley.
(b) Cedella Marley.
(c) Ziggy Marley.
(d) Rita Anderson Marley.

2. What was the name of the influential music producer that Bob met in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?
(a) Leslie Kong.
(b) Coxsone Dodd.
(c) Peter Tosh.
(d) Chris Blackwell.

3. What was the name of Cedella's first child?
(a) Bobby Ray.
(b) Peter Bunny.
(c) Robert Nesta.
(d) Pearl.

4. What did Ras Tafari change his name to?
(a) Asfa Wossen.
(b) Robert Marley.
(c) Nesta Roberts.
(d) Haile Selassie I.

5. How did Rita's aunt Viola respond to finding Rita and Bob in her house?
(a) She shot at them.
(b) She called the police.
(c) She kicked them out.
(d) She invited them to stay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What entered Bob's eye while he was working as a welder?

2. How did Bob react to seeing his father for the first time?

3. What did Marley witness that shattered his illusions of grandeur with the African people?

4. Why did Bob tell his mother not to worry about his father's remarriage?

5. What type of music was Bob interested in at age fourteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rita Anderson become involved with Bob Marley?

2. What happened when Bob arrived in Kingston?

3. Describe Bob Marley at age fourteen.

4. Describe Bob's childhood as seen in Chapter 3, "Misty Morning".

5. What did Bob and Bunny learn in Kingston?

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

7. Why did Cedella decide to move to Trench Town, and how did Bob feel about the move?

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

9. Who was Marcus Garvey, and why was he famous?

10. Why did the Wailers' music start to catch on?

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