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

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

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

4. Where was meat cured on the Cash farm?

5. Johnny's mother told him he would get a stomach ache if he ate _______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What angst did Johnny suffer in the aftermath of the Cinnamon Hill robbery?

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

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

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

7. What explanation did Johnny give for not performing Kris Kristofferson's song "City of New Orleans"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the significance of the book's title. What does Johnny mean by calling it CASH: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY? What is he trying to emphasize with this emphatic style? Suggest three alternate titles for this book with supporting rationale for each one.

Essay Topic 2

Name three hallmarks of popular culture from the 1960s. Describe the movements or trends and give some rationale for their popularity. Why did they ultimately die out? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Substance abuse seemed to be an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive was the abuse? Why did it have such a prevalent place in Johnny's? How did it affect him? How does it affect those impacted by Johnny's abuse? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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