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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. What did Johnny admit to doing on several occasions?
(a) Gave terrible advice.
(b) Cried like a girl.
(c) Wore a wig.
(d) Swimming naked.

2. What pact did Johnny and the person in #55 make?
(a) Quit drinking.
(b) Quit doing drugs.
(c) Grow their hair long enough for a ponytail.
(d) Quit smoking.

3. In what year did the crime occur at Johnny's Jamaican home?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1987.

4. How many men were killed as a result of the crime at Johnny's Jamaican home?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. How old was Johnny when he married for the first time?
(a) 23.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Johnny stated that he was glad he wasn't _____________.

4. What part of his body did the person in #62 receive injuries in a car accident?

5. Which friend of Johnny's had a premonition of his own death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What were the three questions Johnny was always asked in interviews and what were his responses?

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

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

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

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

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