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

2. Who was Johnny's good friend and neighbor who lost his wife and children?
(a) Porter Wagoner.
(b) George Jones.
(c) Merle Haggard.
(d) Roy Orbison.

3. What part of his body did the person in #62 receive injuries in a car accident?
(a) Knee.
(b) Tongue.
(c) Elbow.
(d) Toe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Johnny's father's name?

2. Why did Johnny always wear the color in #47?

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

4. At what age did Johnny begin to work in the fields?

5. In what city did Johnny and his new wife settle in 1955?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where did the Cash family move in 1934?

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

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

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

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

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