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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the website like when Josh started it?
(a) Sad.
(b) Funny.
(c) Rebellious.
(d) Aggressive.

4. What does Tashjian say is not usually Josh's thing?
(a) Speaking up.
(b) Hiding.
(c) Joining.
(d) Reading.

5. What is Josh's medium for conducting this fight?
(a) Letters to local newspapers.
(b) Disruptive acts.
(c) Nonviolent protests.
(d) A website.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What does Tashjian's editor think of the manuscript?
(a) She wants to publish it.
(b) She thinks it needs a lot of work.
(c) She does not want to publish it.
(d) She is uncertain about its origins.

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

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

14. What does Billy North determine about Larry?
(a) That he lives in New England.
(b) That he is Josh.
(c) That he is a girl.
(d) That he is high school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Josh at the cemetery?

2. What does Peter complain about to Josh?

3. What claim do people make about Josh Swensen?

4. What does Tashjian do when she has this realization?

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

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