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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. Who was the Hopi Indian Ed McCurdy introduced Johnny to?
(a) James LaGrange.
(b) Sam McKenna.
(c) Peter LaFarge.
(d) William Meadows.

2. What was the name of the recording produced by the person in #129?
(a) One More for the Road.
(b) One More Time.
(c) American Recordings.
(d) American Sonata.

3. Where did Johnny go once to commit suicide?
(a) A hotel room.
(b) A cave.
(c) A back alley.
(d) A desert shack.

4. What habit did Johnny say June did to excess?
(a) Wrote poetry.
(b) Cleaned the house.
(c) Planted gardens.
(d) Shopped.

5. How many grandchildren did Johnny have at the time this book was written?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose cremated remains did Johnny speak of in Chapter 1 of Port Richey?

2. What did Johnny experience during his "drying out" process?

3. What life-altering experience did Johnny have in 1988?

4. Who was Johnny's manager who first put Johnny and June together in a show?

5. Which one of June's daughters did Johnny nickname "Sparkle"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Johnny say about the decades of highs and lows in his career?

2. Who was Rick Rubin and what was his collaboration with Johnny?

3. What was the "Chicken in Black" and how did it fit into Johnny's failing record career?

4. When and where did Johnny first come in contact with the Carter family?

5. What was Johnny's "Man in White" project?

6. Where had Johnny gone to commit suicide and what made him change his mind?

7. How did Johnny's friends try to intervene in his drug abuse and how did the death of Hopi Indian, Peter LaFarge, impact him?

8. What did Johnny do on stage during a concert he played with June Carter in 1961 and what was the state of their relationship after that?

9. What was Johnny's perspective on not being ready to retire even though he could afford to do so?

10. What did Johnny say about meeting four U.S. Presidents?

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