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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Rastas surrounded Selassie's plane when he visited Jamaica in 1966?

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

3. When was Ras Tafari born?

4. What was the name of Rita's daughter?

5. How did Bob feel about going to Kingston?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How and where did Cedella find Bob in Kingston?

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

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

6. Why did Bob go to the hospital, and what did he tell Cedella while he was there?

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

8. Describe Bob Marley at age fourteen.

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

10. How did Bob and Bunny react when radios become popular in their neighborhood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would Bob's life story be different if Bob's father had not abandoned Cedella and Bob?

Essay Topic 2

How does the third person point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the biography be different if a different point of view were used?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Bob Marley and Haile Selassie.

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