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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a teacher tell Tashjian about Josh Swensen?
(a) He is a genius.
(b) He has a Messiah complex.
(c) He is schizophrenic.
(d) He is the Messiah.

2. Why does Josh wear a life jacket while sleeping?
(a) Because he has dreams about drowning.
(b) Because it reminds him of his mother.
(c) Because he gave away his blanket.
(d) Because it makes him feel secure.

3. What makes Josh feel close to Peter?
(a) Visiting the cemetery.
(b) Subverting his work.
(c) Reading his reports.
(d) Going fishing.

4. How does Josh feel the universe has set him up?
(a) So that the only thing he can do is start over.
(b) So that he would never be able to have a father again.
(c) So that he was led into the trap of a second personality.
(d) So that his grief over his mother would become permanent.

5. What does Tashjian realize on her way home with the manuscript?
(a) That she would have to publish this manuscript.
(b) What Thoreau meant about the marketplace.
(c) What she needed to ask the person who gave it to her.
(d) Why the person who gave it to her looked familiar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Josh interpret signs of death around him?

2. Who is Larry?

3. Where does Josh stay after the funeral?

4. What does the banner on the plan claim about Josh?

5. What irony does Josh see in his newfound fame?

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