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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. Johnny stated that he lacked an all-consuming love of _____________ for which he was grateful.
(a) cars.
(b) gambling.
(c) money.
(d) food.

2. Why did Johnny always wear the color in #47?
(a) It was easy to keep clean.
(b) It just felt right.
(c) It was best for his skin tone.
(d) It looked good on stage.

3. What was the setting for the opening of CASH?
(a) Johnny Cash's home.
(b) Grand Ole Opry.
(c) A bus station.
(d) A concert hall.

4. What did Johnny admit to doing on several occasions?
(a) Cried like a girl.
(b) Wore a wig.
(c) Gave terrible advice.
(d) Swimming naked.

5. Which musician did Johnny once tell that God would "jerk the tongue out of your head"?
(a) Faron Young.
(b) Marty Stuart.
(c) Chet Atkins.
(d) Waylon Jennings.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the crime occur at Johnny's Jamaican home?

2. What did Johnny learn to do whenever there was a problem with a fan?

3. Which Sun label musician preached that the musicians were leading their fans to hell?

4. In what country was the setting in #1 located?

5. Who was Johnny's second wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were Johnny's parents and in what year was Johnny Cash born?

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

3. What advice did Johnny get from a voice teacher and what did he wish he had learned about his voice?

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

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

6. What was the country of Johnny Cash's ancestry and where did they eventually settle in America?

7. Who were Johnny's two wives and how many children did he have?

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

9. Who were "The Tennessee Two" and how did Johnny meet up with them?

10. What did Johnny say about the friendship between the young musicians he knew during the 1950s?

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