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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 tour bus?
(a) The Van in Black.
(b) Cash & Carry.
(c) Unit One.
(d) Cashmobile.

2. In what country did Johnny serve in the military?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Korea.

3. In what type of fields did Johnny work as a boy?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Corn.
(c) Soybean.
(d) Wheat.

4. How many children did Johnny have with his first wife?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. On what show did Johnny and his band perform in 1955?
(a) Arkansas Cotton Ball.
(b) Branson Hit Parade.
(c) Louisiana Hayride.
(d) Grand Ole Opry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the job of the person in #22 when he was 14?

2. What was the setting for the opening of CASH?

3. Who was Johnny's good friend and neighbor who lost his wife and children?

4. Johnny stated that he was glad he wasn't _____________.

5. How many men were killed as a result of the crime at Johnny's Jamaican home?

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. What crime occurred at the Cash's Cinnamon Hill home one day in 1994?

4. What were the personal tragedies experienced by Johnny's good friend, Roy Orbison?

5. What were the three questions Johnny was always asked in interviews and what were his responses?

6. Where was Johnny Cash when he began writing this autobiography?

7. What angst did Johnny suffer in the aftermath of the Cinnamon Hill robbery?

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

9. What example did Johnny give to try to eliminate the romantic notions of rural life?

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

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