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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. In what year was Johnny Cash born?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1932.
2. How many children did Johnny have with his first wife?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.
3. In what town was Johnny Cash born?
(a) Auburn, Mississippi.
(b) Cochran, Georgia.
(c) Kingsland, Arkansas.
(d) Jellico, Tennessee.
4. What was the job of the person in #22 when he was 14?
(a) Pumping gas.
(b) Building shelves.
(c) Picking berries.
(d) Sawing lumber.
5. Who wrote the song "Blue Suede Shoes"?
(a) Carl Perkins.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Johnny Cash.
(d) Roy Orbison.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color of clothing did Johnny Cash always wear?
2. Which musician did Johnny once tell that God would "jerk the tongue out of your head"?
3. Which Sun label musician preached that the musicians were leading their fans to hell?
4. To whom did Johnny give the advice of "change your name and lower your voice"?
5. What insects invaded the Cash farm one year?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Johnny's tour bus called and what did he say about being on the road?
2. What were the lyrics in Johnny's song "Man in Black" that described why he always wore black?
3. What example did Johnny give to try to eliminate the romantic notions of rural life?
4. What tragedy befell the Cash family regarding Johnny's older brother, Jack?
5. Where was Johnny Cash when he began writing this autobiography?
6. Where did the Cash family move in 1934?
7. What did Johnny recall about himself and the other musicians who shared the Sun recording label in the 1950s?
8. How did Johnny meet Sam Phillips of Sun Records and what was the first record he recorded?
9. What was the country of Johnny Cash's ancestry and where did they eventually settle in America?
10. What did Johnny say about the friendship between the young musicians he knew during the 1950s?
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