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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Beth read the thing she is discussing with Josh?
(a) On a printed flyer.
(b) On thegospelaccordingtolarry.com.
(c) The school newspaper.
(d) From a magazine.

3. What is the import of the epigraph for Part 2?
(a) That the meek shall inherit the earth.
(b) That religion is a distraction from religious living.
(c) That who gives his life for the sake of Christ will find a new life.
(d) That you should simplify your life.

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

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

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

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

8. What shocks Josh at the cemetery?
(a) Graffiti.
(b) The death's head.
(c) The epitaph on her tombstone.
(d) His own name below his mother's.

9. What is NOT a reason for which Josh created the Larry website?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Rebelliousness.
(c) Distraction from his grief.
(d) Devotion.

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

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

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

13. What does Josh complain about in a lecture after seeing Beth?
(a) Predatory guys.
(b) Social climbing friends.
(c) Two-faced girls.
(d) Backstabbing friends.

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

15. How does Tashjian characterize Josh's attitude while he is listening to Beth?
(a) Distracted.
(b) Lovey-dovey.
(c) Rapt.
(d) Disillusioned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Tashjian's feelings about the manuscript?

2. Where had the person who gave Tashjian the manuscript just returned from?

3. What does the person who gives Janet Tashjian the manuscript of 'The Gospel According to Larry' say about how she can reach him?

4. What does Beth say to Josh's mother?

5. What answer does Josh get when he asks his mother whether she will help him change the world?

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