The Gospel According to Larry Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Janet Tashjian
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Gospel According to Larry Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Janet Tashjian
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Josh say he wants to be?
(a) A prophet.
(b) A hermit.
(c) A salesman.
(d) A marketing executive.

2. By how much do the number of hits on Josh's website increase each day?
(a) 90%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 10%.

3. What idea does Josh draw from 1984?
(a) The idea of corporate control of people's lives.
(b) The idea of making non-violent resistance to totalitarian culture.
(c) The idea of utopian living.
(d) The idea of simplifying life.

4. What strategy does Josh propose for helping Third World countries?
(a) More fundraisers.
(b) The World Bank could forgive some debt.
(c) Financing humanitarian missions.
(d) Micro-financing.

5. What is Josh fighting against?
(a) Postmodernism.
(b) Militarism.
(c) Consumerism.
(d) Relativism.

6. What does Josh realize when he sees the size of the fan club?
(a) That he is already changing the world.
(b) That he can't keep pretending to be Larry.
(c) That no one knows who he is.
(d) That people are angry about what he's said as Larry.

7. What does Tashjian tell Josh when she mails him the galleys?
(a) That he should hide out until the media storm blows over.
(b) That he is going to be rich and famous after this is published.
(c) That if the book is published people will know he is alive.
(d) That he should get a lawyer.

8. What does Josh have to do when he buys something?
(a) Pretend it was a gift.
(b) Post it on his website.
(c) Make space in his room for it.
(d) Get rid of something else.

9. What are Josh's feelings for Beth?
(a) They have been going out for a month.
(b) He find her irritating but good to know.
(c) They are just good friends.
(d) He has loved her since sixth grade.

10. Who is Katherine?
(a) The girl who likes Josh.
(b) Peter's girlfriend.
(c) Beth's friend.
(d) Josh's girlfriend.

11. Why did Tashjian agree to take the manuscript?
(a) Because she knew the person who gave it to her.
(b) Because she was curious what was inside it.
(c) Because the person who gave it to her ran away.
(d) Because the person who gave it to her was reading to her.

12. How does Josh interpret signs of death around him?
(a) As predicting that someone around him will die.
(b) As predicting a major change in his life.
(c) As predicting Larry's death.
(d) As predicting his death.

13. 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 boy asks 'do we have to?'
(c) A man says 'yes of course I will'.
(d) A woman says 'you must be crazy'.

14. What does Beth say to Josh's mother?
(a) That she's taking care of him.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That he is a really sweet guy.
(d) That she would be proud of him.

15. What does Josh pretend with Beth?
(a) That they are going out.
(b) That he thinks she is really Larry.
(c) That he is interested in what she is saying.
(d) That he likes her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the 'The Gospel According to Larry' set up?

2. What is Josh's response to what Tashjian tells him?

3. What does Tashjian's editor think of the manuscript?

4. What does Beth give Josh for his trip to the cemetery?

5. Where is Josh's mother?

(see the answer keys)

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