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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. Who became king of Ethiopia, granting Garvey renown and fame for predicting it in America and Jamaica?

2. Who would Bob be under the care of in Kingston?

3. Who married Cedella when she became pregnant?

4. What did Bob think about his new neighborhood in Chapter 6 "Small Axe"?

5. Who did Bob ask Rita to write to for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What religious beliefs and symbols surrounded Ras Tafari?

2. What did Bob and Bunny learn in Kingston?

3. Describe Ras Tafari's childhood.

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

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

6. How did Bob start to promote his records?

7. How did Cedella meet and marry Captain Marley?

8. Describe Bob Marley at age fourteen.

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

10. Describe Bob's childhood as seen in Chapter 3, "Misty Morning".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does social class have in "Catch a Fire"? What different classes are represented and by which people? How does social class affect the Wailers' success?

Essay Topic 2

How did the people Marley knows affect his life? How would his life have be different if he had never met some of these people?

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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