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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's increased popularity.
(b) Bob Marley's early demise.
(c) Rita's career in music.
(d) Rita leaving Bob.

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

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

4. What did Bob decide to do before leaving Jamaica?
(a) Break up with Rita.
(b) Marry Rita.
(c) Disband the Wailers.
(d) Release one more record.

5. What did the house at 56 Hope Road become known as?
(a) Spliff House.
(b) Island House.
(c) Jamaican House.
(d) Marley Manor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wanted Marley's ring from Wossen after Marley's death?

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

3. What concert was Marley asked to do by two conflicting political sides in order to avoid civil war in Jamaica?

4. Why was the militia preemptively called in during the third annual independence parade in Kingston?

5. What group did Marley join that Prophet Gad was also a part of?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Marley returned to Jamaica, how did the Wailers afford their recordings?

2. What happened during the Wailers' tour in America to promote "Catch a Fire"?

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

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

5. How was "Catch a Fire" released, and how was it received?

6. What did "Rude Boy" describe and why was it popular?

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

8. What did Marley dream about while in Delaware?

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

10. What happened to the Wailers in England?

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