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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 occurred at midnight on August 5?
(a) Jamaica became a free and independent nation.
(b) Cedella gave birth to a daughter named Pearl.
(c) Jamaica broke into civil war.
(d) Omeriah died from a heart attack.

2. Why did the father of Cedella's child marry her?
(a) Because the law demands it.
(b) He refuses to marry her.
(c) Because he loves her.
(d) To save Bob from being a bastard child.

3. Who did Bob push his music on?
(a) Winston Matthews.
(b) Chris Blackwell.
(c) Coxsone Dodd.
(d) Bunny Livingston.

4. What happened to Cedella's child when he was only four months old?
(a) He learns to read.
(b) He begins to walk.
(c) He nearly dies.
(d) He is kidnapped.

5. What did Bob think about his new neighborhood in Chapter 6 "Small Axe"?
(a) He got into fights every day because he was poorer than his neighbors.
(b) He liked it much better than his old neighborhood.
(c) He thought it suited him perfectly.
(d) He found it monotonous and boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Captain Marley ask Cedella about when she visited his home in Chapter 5, "Pass It On"?

2. In Chapter 5, "Pass It On", where did Cedella head on Saturday?

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

4. What had Bob already began in regards to a career in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Bob and Bunny learn in Kingston?

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

5. How did Bob Marley feel about the African people during the concert for Independence Day in Zimbabwe?

6. How did Cedella meet and marry Captain Marley?

7. What happened on February 6, 1945?

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

9. Why did Cedella go to the courthouse, what happened there and how did Bob respond?

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

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