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

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

3. How did Cedella feel about Bob's dream in Chapter 11, "Rat Race"?
(a) She felt he should pray about it.
(b) Bob never told Cedella about his dream in Chapter 11.
(c) She felt it was insignificant.
(d) She felt it was an important sign.

4. Who did Cedella marry in Chapter 9, "Natural Mystic"?
(a) Toddy Livingston.
(b) Omeriah Malcolm.
(c) Captain Marley.
(d) Edward Booker.

5. What did the band do when they were not rehearing or recording?
(a) Fly to other countries.
(b) Hang around at Island House.
(c) Go swimming in the ocean.
(d) Argue with one another.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Cedella believe Bob would be successful at when she received his note in Chapter 9, "Natural Mystic"?

3. Who worked hard to make the Wailers a success?

4. Who had left the Wailers by Chapter 14, "Who the Cap Fit"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Rita's meeting with Haile Selassie.

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

4. What did Marley dream about while in Delaware?

5. How did Marley disprove rumors that he would not be as good as he once was when he returned to Jamaica?

6. How did Bob tell Cedella about his marriage?

7. How did Marley's illness progress until his death?

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

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

10. How did Rita lead Bob to convert to Rastafarianism?

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