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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the quote at the opening of Part 1 come from?
(a) The Book of Luke.
(b) 'Walden'.
(c) The book of John.
(d) The Book of Mark.

2. Who is Todd?
(a) Josh's nemesis.
(b) A jock whom Beth likes.
(c) Beth's boyfriend.
(d) Josh's friend.

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

4. Where does Josh go to visit with his mother's spirit?
(a) The cemetery.
(b) The lake.
(c) The woods.
(d) Bloomingdales.

5. What is the term for the discussion of death?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Characterization.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Personification.

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

7. When did Josh begin to put more effort into his website?
(a) When he thought he could make money from it.
(b) When he found out that his step-father hated it.
(c) When it became popular.
(d) When he found out that Beth read it.

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

9. What are Tashjian's feelings about the manuscript?
(a) She thinks it is a good start but needs a lot of work.
(b) She thinks it is not ready for publication yet.
(c) She thinks it is dangerous, and should be handed over to the police.
(d) She thinks it is important and should be published.

10. What does Tashjian do when she has this realization?
(a) Rushes to pick up her children from school.
(b) Rushes to her therapist.
(c) Rushes back to the store.
(d) Rushes home.

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

12. Who tells the narrative of 'The Gospel According to Larry'?
(a) Larry.
(b) Janet Tashjian.
(c) Josh.
(d) Christy.

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

14. What does Beth give herself for her birthday?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A trip to the woods.
(c) A tattoo of a dolphin.
(d) An anti-commercial tattoo.

15. Where does the epigraph for part 2 come from?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Walden.
(c) The Book of Matthew.
(d) Ecclesiastes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josh agree to help Beth with?

2. Who is Peter?

3. Who is Beth?

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

5. What does Billy North determine about Larry?

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