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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 special talent did the person in #39 have?
(a) Musical.
(b) Sports.
(c) Public speaking.
(d) Writing.

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

3. Who wrote the song "Blue Suede Shoes"?
(a) Carl Perkins.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Johnny Cash.
(d) Roy Orbison.

4. At what age did Johnny begin to work in the fields?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Johnny admit to doing on several occasions?

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

3. In what American state did Johnny Cash's ancestors eventually settle?

4. In what branch of the military did Johnny serve?

5. In what year was Johnny Cash born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where was Johnny Cash when he began writing this autobiography?

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

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

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

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

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

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