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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. How old was Johnny when he married for the first time?
(a) 22.
(b) 23.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.

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

3. What did Johnny think about the abilities of himself and his band in the early days?
(a) They were average.
(b) They were horrible.
(c) They were excellent.
(d) They were limited.

4. Which Sun label musician preached that the musicians were leading their fans to hell?
(a) Carl Perkins.
(b) Jerry Lee Lewis.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Faron Young.

5. What did Johnny learn to do whenever there was a problem with a fan?
(a) Sang a few songs.
(b) Tried to negotiate.
(c) Called the police.
(d) Stayed out of sight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johnny's mother told him he would get a stomach ache if he ate _______________.

2. In what country did Johnny serve in the military?

3. What insects invaded the Cash farm one year?

4. What body of water wreaked havoc on the Cash farm?

5. What did Johnny learn from the vocal teacher?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where did the Cash family move in 1934?

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

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

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

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