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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. Which friend of Johnny's had a premonition of his own death?
(a) Johnny Horton.
(b) George Jones.
(c) Porter Waggoner.
(d) Faron Young.

2. What was the name of Johnny's home in Jamaica?
(a) Montego Manse.
(b) Cinnamon Hill.
(c) Skylark Mountain.
(d) Valley View.

3. What insects invaded the Cash farm one year?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Grasshoppers.
(c) Bees.
(d) Army worms.

4. Johnny had a real ability to __________________.
(a) mentor young talent.
(b) play piano.
(c) teach guitar.
(d) laugh at himself.

5. On what show did Johnny and his band perform in 1955?
(a) Louisiana Hayride.
(b) Grand Ole Opry.
(c) Arkansas Cotton Ball.
(d) Branson Hit Parade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song did Johnny later write about his experience on the farm?

2. What was Johnny's mother's name?

3. What beautiful sight did Johnny remember from living on the farm?

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

5. Who was the head of Sun Records in Memphis in 1955?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the Cash family move in 1934?

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

3. What were the lyrics in Johnny's song "Man in Black" that described why he always wore black?

4. What crime occurred at the Cash's Cinnamon Hill home one day in 1994?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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