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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. What was the name of the studio that Coxsone built?

2. What was the name of Cedella's second child?

3. Where did Cedella decide to move when she discovered she was pregnant for a second time?

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

5. What existed on Tafari's palms that was inexplicable?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bob Marley at age fourteen.

2. What circumstances led to Cedella moving away from Jamaica, and where did she move to?

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

4. Describe Ras Tafari's childhood.

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

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

7. Who was Omeriah Malcolm, and what did he think about Bob?

8. What role did sex play in Bob's life in Kingston?

9. What religious beliefs and symbols surrounded Ras Tafari?

10. Why did Captain Marley write Cedella in Chapter 4, "Bad Card"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Cedella and Rita. How are their relationships with Bob Marley similar and different?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the main themes in this biography and detail its recurrences throughout the book. What does it add to Marley's biography? How does it affect the different individuals in his life?

Essay Topic 3

Investigate "Catch a Fire" as a biography. How does it adhere to and differ from the typical biography? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as a biography? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the novel as a biography?

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