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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, p. 74-108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Josh interpret the card Beth pulls for him?
(a) He will go to the cemetery.
(b) He will be recognized for the sage he is.
(c) He will die soon.
(d) He will visit with his mother.

2. How does Peter account for the thing that shocks Josh at the cemetery?
(a) He thought he could
(b) People do randomly destructive things.
(c) He thought Josh would want to be buried with his mother.
(d) He had had a vision of Josh's death.

3. What is the subject of the epigraph to Part 1?
(a) The need to examine your own life.
(b) The truth of a messenger.
(c) The need to take one's own life as a measure of value.
(d) The benefit of voluntary poverty.

4. 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 email.
(c) That it is impossible.
(d) That she can send him a message.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Josh draw from 1984?

2. What does a teacher tell Tashjian about Josh Swensen?

3. What does Josh Swensen supplement the manuscript with?

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

5. What is NOT a reason for which Josh created the Larry website?

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