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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. Johnny stated that he was glad he wasn't _____________.
(a) greedy.
(b) funny.
(c) ugly.
(d) arrogant.

2. What was the name of Johnny's band in the city in #52?
(a) Arkansas Altos.
(b) Memphis Mafia.
(c) The Georgia Guys.
(d) Tennessee Two.

3. What fatal injury did the person in #22 sustain?
(a) Broken neck.
(b) Amputated leg.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Abdominal cut.

4. What body of water wreaked havoc on the Cash farm?
(a) Kentucky River.
(b) Gulf of Mexico.
(c) Mississippi River.
(d) Ohio River.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what show did Johnny and his band perform in 1955?

2. Which musician did Johnny once tell that God would "jerk the tongue out of your head"?

3. What special talent did the person in #39 have?

4. In what year was Johnny Cash born?

5. What crime occurred at Johnny's Jamaican home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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