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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. Who were the members of the Tennessee Two?
(a) Hall and Marshall.
(b) Luther and Winton.
(c) Hall and Jackson.
(d) Luther and Marshall.

2. What was the name of Johnny's band in the city in #52?
(a) Tennessee Two.
(b) Memphis Mafia.
(c) Arkansas Altos.
(d) The Georgia Guys.

3. What fatal injury did the person in #22 sustain?
(a) Broken neck.
(b) Abdominal cut.
(c) Amputated leg.
(d) Gunshot wound.

4. Who wrote the song "Blue Suede Shoes"?
(a) Johnny Cash.
(b) Roy Orbison.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Carl Perkins.

5. What insects invaded the Cash farm one year?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Bees.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Army worms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song did Johnny later write about his experience on the farm?

2. Where did the Cash family move to in 1934?

3. In what American state did Johnny Cash's ancestors eventually settle?

4. Where did Johnny get his love of music?

5. What was the name of Johnny's home in Jamaica?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Johnny recall about himself and the other musicians who shared the Sun recording label in the 1950s?

2. What was Johnny's tour bus called and what did he say about being on the road?

3. How did the song "Blue Suede Shoes" come to be written?

4. How did Johnny meet Sam Phillips of Sun Records and what was the first record he recorded?

5. What was Johnny's perspective on the term "country"?

6. Where did the Cash family move in 1934?

7. What tragedy befell the Cash family regarding Johnny's older brother, Jack?

8. What did Johnny relate about the hard life of working in the cotton fields as a boy?

9. What explanation did Johnny give for not performing Kris Kristofferson's song "City of New Orleans"?

10. What were the lyrics in Johnny's song "Man in Black" that described why he always wore black?

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