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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. Where was meat cured on the Cash farm?

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

3. In what country was the setting in #1 located?

4. To what country could Johnny Cash trace his family origins?

5. Which of his brothers was Johnny's hero?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Johnny's tour bus called and what did he say about being on the road?

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

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

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

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

6. Who were "The Tennessee Two" and how did Johnny meet up with them?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Cash's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why Cash used them where he did. Why did Cash divide the book into sections with the identity of his his homes?

Essay Topic 2

Johnny used more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two examples about loss in the book and then explain why the examples support the theme.

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of June Carter Cash. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were some of her negative characteristics? What were her hopes and fears? What motivated her throughout her life?

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