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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. Which celebrity once told Johnny that "The higher up the ladder you get, the brighter your ass shines."?

2. What did Johnny learn to do whenever there was a problem with a fan?

3. What was the name of Johnny's band in the city in #52?

4. What boyhood friend did Johnny recall while driving toward Northern California one day?

5. In what year did Johnny Cash's ancestors settle in America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who were Johnny's two wives and how many children did he have?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

From what you can glean from Johnny's descriptions, create a brief character study of Johnny's father. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were some of his negative characteristics? What were his hopes and fears? What created the friction between him and Johnny? How did he reconcile with him? What emotional damage was done to the relationship?

Essay Topic 3

The theme of struggling with personal identity was an important one in this book. Describe how it extends through setting, character and issues and provide examples for each.

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