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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 crime occurred at Johnny's Jamaican home?
(a) Murder.
(b) Assault.
(c) Kidnapping.
(d) Robbery.
2. Who wrote the song "Blue Suede Shoes"?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Johnny Cash.
(c) Carl Perkins.
(d) Roy Orbison.
3. Johnny had a real ability to __________________.
(a) teach guitar.
(b) play piano.
(c) laugh at himself.
(d) mentor young talent.
4. What fatal injury did the person in #22 sustain?
(a) Abdominal cut.
(b) Amputated leg.
(c) Broken neck.
(d) Gunshot wound.
5. What did Johnny's father think about his love of music?
(a) It was a waste of time.
(b) It was a great career.
(c) It was a gift.
(d) It was nice for church.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Johnny when he married for the first time?
2. What was Johnny Cash's grandfather's profession?
3. In what country was the setting in #1 located?
4. Which friend of Johnny's had a premonition of his own death?
5. How many times was Johnny in prison?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Johnny meet Sam Phillips of Sun Records and what was the first record he recorded?
2. Where was Johnny born and what were the times like for the Cash family?
3. What did Johnny say about the friendship between the young musicians he knew during the 1950s?
4. What tragedy befell the Cash family regarding Johnny's older brother, Jack?
5. Who were "The Tennessee Two" and how did Johnny meet up with them?
6. What were Johnny's parents' differing opinions of his music and how did they spur him on to success?
7. How did the song "Blue Suede Shoes" come to be written?
8. What was Johnny's tour bus called and what did he say about being on the road?
9. Who were Johnny's two wives and how many children did he have?
10. What example did Johnny give to try to eliminate the romantic notions of rural life?
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