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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. What did the meeting between Selassie and Rita ultimately affect?
(a) Bob Marley's early demise.
(b) Rita leaving Bob.
(c) Bob's increased popularity.
(d) Rita's career in music.

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

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

4. What religion did Rita convert to?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Rastafarianism.
(d) Buddhism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Cedella when Bob dreamed in Chapter 11, "Rat Race"?

2. How did Bob's mother feel about his desire to return to the ghetto and the music industry?

3. Who wanted to sign the Wailers to his record label in Chapter 13, "Crisis"?

4. Where was Bob invited to visit in a letter he received in February?

5. Why did Bob try to convince Cedella to move in Miami?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Leslie Kong when he tried to re- release the Wailers' old tracks for pure profit?

2. Describe what happened at Island House in Chapter 14, "Who the Cap Fit".

3. Describe Rita's meeting with Haile Selassie.

4. How did Bob's godmother offend the family during Omeriah's wake, and what did this indicate?

5. What happened during Marley's meeting with Crown Prince Asfa Wossen?

6. What did Marley dream about while in Delaware?

7. What did Marley dream of on September 10, 1964, and what did this seem to be related to?

8. When and why did Marley decide to marry Rita?

9. Describe the interaction between Bob and Cedella in Chapter 9, "Natural Mystic".

10. How did The Wailers change in Chapter 14, "Who the Cap Fit"?

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