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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 was the name of Johnny's band in the city in #52?
(a) Tennessee Two.
(b) Memphis Mafia.
(c) The Georgia Guys.
(d) Arkansas Altos.
2. What boyhood friend did Johnny recall while driving toward Northern California one day?
(a) Petey Jackson.
(b) Pete Barnhill.
(c) Paul Branson.
(d) Pat Winston.
3. Who wrote the song "Blue Suede Shoes"?
(a) Carl Perkins.
(b) Roy Orbison.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Johnny Cash.
4. Which musician did Johnny once tell that God would "jerk the tongue out of your head"?
(a) Marty Stuart.
(b) Faron Young.
(c) Chet Atkins.
(d) Waylon Jennings.
5. To whom did Johnny give the advice of "change your name and lower your voice"?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Jerry Lee Lewis.
(c) Faron Young.
(d) Roy Orbison.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who were the members of the Tennessee Two?
2. In what branch of the military did Johnny serve?
3. What was Johnny Cash's grandfather's profession?
4. What was Johnny's father's name?
5. What did Johnny learn from the vocal teacher?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who were Johnny's two wives and how many children did he have?
2. What did Johnny recall about himself and the other musicians who shared the Sun recording label in the 1950s?
3. What were the personal tragedies experienced by Johnny's good friend, Roy Orbison?
4. Where did the Cash family move in 1934?
5. Who were "The Tennessee Two" and how did Johnny meet up with them?
6. What was Johnny's perspective on the term "country"?
7. What was the country of Johnny Cash's ancestry and where did they eventually settle in America?
8. What did Johnny say about the friendship between the young musicians he knew during the 1950s?
9. How did the song "Blue Suede Shoes" come to be written?
10. What tragedy befell the Cash family regarding Johnny's older brother, Jack?
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