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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Josh Swensen supplement the manuscript with?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Personal diary pages.
(c) A DVD.
(d) Music CDs.

2. Where is Josh's mother?
(a) She is in prison.
(b) She moved away.
(c) She lives in California.
(d) She is dead.

3. What does Josh realize he forgot to tell Beth?
(a) That he is Larry.
(b) That he was planning to run away.
(c) That he is unhappy.
(d) That he was a vegetarian.

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

5. What does the person who gives Janet Tashjian the manuscript of 'The Gospel According to Larry' say about how she can reach him?
(a) That she can call.
(b) That she can send him a message.
(c) That she can email.
(d) That it is impossible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What answer does Josh get when he asks his mother whether she will help him change the world?

2. What is the subject of the epigraph to Part 1?

3. Where does Josh go to visit with his mother's spirit?

4. What other writing does Beth say she enjoyed?

5. How does Tashjian characterize Josh's attitude while he is listening to Beth?

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