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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 country was the setting in #1 located?
(a) Mexico.
(b) England.
(c) USA.
(d) Jamaica.

2. What was the job of the person in #22 when he was 14?
(a) Sawing lumber.
(b) Building shelves.
(c) Pumping gas.
(d) Picking berries.

3. In what American state did Johnny Cash's ancestors eventually settle?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Georgia.

4. What did Johnny feel limited his success in his early career?
(a) His shyness.
(b) His military duty.
(c) His family.
(d) His backup players.

5. Johnny's mother told him he would get a stomach ache if he ate _______________.
(a) mulberries.
(b) cotton blooms.
(c) raw pie dough.
(d) green apples.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Johnny when he married for the first time?

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

3. How did Johnny's mother earn money for his voice lessons?

4. Who was Johnny's first wife?

5. What was the name of Johnny's home in Jamaica?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where was Johnny born and what were the times like for the Cash family?

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

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

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

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

9. What were Johnny's parents' differing opinions of his music and how did they spur him on to success?

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

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