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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the song "Blue Suede Shoes"?

2. In what country was the setting in #1 located?

3. How many men were killed as a result of the crime at Johnny's Jamaican home?

4. What did Johnny think about the abilities of himself and his band in the early days?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where did the Cash family move in 1934?

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

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

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

10. What tragedy befell the Cash family regarding Johnny's older brother, Jack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Cash's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why Cash used them where he did. Why did Cash divide the book into sections with the identity of his his homes?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of June Carter Cash. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were some of her negative characteristics? What were her hopes and fears? What motivated her throughout her life?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of women in the rural South in the mid-twentieth century. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have? What belief system about Southern women was evident in June and her mother and sisters? Explain.

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