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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Josh say his mother belonged to?
(a) Peter.
(b) Him.
(c) Herself.
(d) God.

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

4. What other writing does Beth say she enjoyed?
(a) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(b) Their Eyes Were Watching God.
(c) The Heart of Darkness.
(d) Walden.

5. When does Tashjian hear from the person who gave her the manuscript next?
(a) The next day.
(b) A week later.
(c) A few weeks later.
(d) A few days later.

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

7. Who is Peter?
(a) The boy Beth likes.
(b) Josh's stepfather.
(c) Josh's father.
(d) Beth's boyfriend.

8. How does Josh's website put him in an awkward position?
(a) He forgets that no one knows he is Larry.
(b) He has to pretend that he does not read Larry's writing.
(c) He has to pretend that he thinks Larry is stupid.
(d) He has to start his own fan club.

9. What idea does Josh's website begin with?
(a) Environmentalism.
(b) Martyrdom.
(c) Religious devotion.
(d) Anti-consumerism.

10. Why does Josh limit the number of his possessions?
(a) He read Thoreau's 'Walden' and wanted to simplify his life.
(b) He read about Native Americans not wanting to leave a big footprint.
(c) He was religious and didn't want to be distracted from things of the spirit.
(d) He read about environmental destruction and didn't want to have anything to do with industry.

11. What happens when 'Larry's' work becomes popular?
(a) Josh's anonymity is compromised.
(b) Larry signs a book contract.
(c) Christy refuses to publish his work.
(d) He splits with Josh.

12. Why doesn't Josh want to give Larry up?
(a) He thrives on Larry's popularity.
(b) His work is not finished.
(c) He wants to be discovered.
(d) He has invested a lot of money in making the website possible.

13. Where does Josh go to write sermon 113?
(a) Bloomingdales.
(b) The forest.
(c) The basement.
(d) The lakeshore.

14. Why does Josh say he cannot sell a product?
(a) He refuses to handle money.
(b) He is trying to give things away, not sell them.
(c) He is non-materialistic.
(d) He doesn't want to buy things, so he tries to make things for himself.

15. What does Josh complain about in sermon 93?
(a) Greed.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Mindlessness in people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Josh draw from 1984?

2. What does Tashjian realize on her way home with the manuscript?

3. Who attends the first Larry fan club meeting?

4. How many years has it been since Josh's mother died?

5. What does Josh Swensen supplement the manuscript with?

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