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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 think about leaving a suicide note?

2. What does media attention do to Josh?

3. What does Josh make a list of?

4. What does Josh consider doing to escape the media attention?

5. Where does Josh make a vision quest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the epigraph to Part 4, and what is its importance?

2. How does Josh know what happens in his absence?

3. Describe Josh's funeral.

4. What are the consequences for Peter Josh being outed as Larry?

5. What snaps Josh out of his depression and wandering?

6. Why doesn't Josh leave for Santa Fe?

7. How does Josh disguise himself?

8. What is the epigraph to Part 5, and what is its importance?

9. What does Josh hear from his mother when he goes to Bloomingdale's?

10. What is the epigraph to Part 6, and what is its importance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

Visit the 'Larry' blog, and describe its relationship with the book. Is it a work in its own right, or is it just an extra-part of the book? Does it seem to attract the same kind of audience that was drawn to Larry within the book?

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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