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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. Johnny described a ________________ between the young musicians in the 1950s.

2. Where was meat cured on the Cash farm?

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

4. What disease did the person in #39 have?

5. How many men were killed as a result of the crime at Johnny's Jamaican home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the cultural climate in America in the mid 1950s and why the time was right for Johnny's music to emerge. What were the trends in America at the time? How did Johnny differentiate himself from other young musicians coming out onto the music scene at that time?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the overall setting and time period for Johnny's childhood. What was America like during this time period? What was the American South like during this time period? How important are the time period and setting to the attitudes and issues of Johnny, his family and friends?

Essay Topic 3

Readers may find Johnny's use of humor a bit surprising due to Johnny's imposing physical demeanor. Describe Johnny's sense of humor and then cite at least two examples of humor used in the book.

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