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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. What does Josh expect to study in college?

2. Where does the quote at the opening of Part 1 come from?

3. How does Katherine describe Josh?

4. What does Josh have to do when he buys something?

5. What is the term for the discussion of death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Beth give Josh on the anniversary of his mother's death?

2. What does Tashjian foreshadow in the beginning of Part 2?

3. What signs of death appear around Josh, and how does he interpret them?

4. Where does Josh go for a 'whole new level of solitude' when he wants to think?

5. Who is Janet Tashjian?

6. How does Josh's personal life intrude on Larry's sermons?

7. Why hasn't Josh told Beth that he is Larry?

8. What is the importance of the epigraph for Part 1?

9. What is Tashjian's response to Josh's story?

10. What is the response to the Larry fan club?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sketch an outline for a sequel to 'The Gospel According to Larry'. Would Josh keep writing? What would he do after the book was published? Would anything draw him out of hiding?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think the author uses the frame story in which she includes herself and explains how she was given the manuscript? What are the benefits of this frame? What are the risks she takes?

Essay Topic 3

What criticisms can be made of Larry's website and Josh's lifestyle? How would Josh respond to these criticisms?

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