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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 39-73.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Janet Tashjian claim to have received the manuscript for 'The Gospel According to Larry'?
(a) A young man thought it was hers and 'returned it' to her.
(b) A young man handed it to her at the supermarket.
(c) She claimed to have discovered it in a box of her grandfather's papers.
(d) She received the submission at the press where she worked.

2. Where had the person who gave Tashjian the manuscript just returned from?
(a) Niagara Falls.
(b) New York City.
(c) The mall.
(d) Walden Pond.

3. What answer does Josh get when he asks his mother whether she will help him change the world?
(a) A mother says 'I won't allow you to do that'.
(b) A woman says 'you must be crazy'.
(c) A man says 'yes of course I will'.
(d) A boy asks 'do we have to?'

4. Who is Larry?
(a) Josh's antagonist.
(b) The author.
(c) The main character.
(d) A pseudonym for Josh.

5. What is Beth telling Josh at the beginning of 'The Gospel According to Larry'?
(a) That she didn't understand something she had read.
(b) That Josh should stop writing to her.
(c) That she had discovered a new writer.
(d) That she enjoyed reading the rant on the website.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Josh's medium for conducting this fight?

2. What does Tashjian tell Josh when she mails him the galleys?

3. Who is Katherine?

4. Where does the epigraph for part 2 come from?

5. What are Tashjian's feelings about the manuscript?

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