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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attends the first Larry fan club meeting?
(a) The teeny-boppers.
(b) Students from all cliques.
(c) The popular kids.
(d) The smart students.

2. Why does Josh limit the number of his possessions?
(a) He read about Native Americans not wanting to leave a big footprint.
(b) He read Thoreau's 'Walden' and wanted to simplify his life.
(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.

3. How many hits does Josh get on Larry's site after Bono draws attention to it?
(a) Over a million.
(b) More than five hundred thousand.
(c) Four million.
(d) Over a hundred thousand.

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

5. What claim do people make about Josh Swensen?
(a) That he was institutionalized.
(b) That he is bipolar.
(c) That he is violent.
(d) That he hates society.

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

7. How old was the person who gave Tashjian the manuscript?
(a) 38.
(b) 17.
(c) 27.
(d) 78.

8. What are Josh's feelings about Katherine?
(a) He resents her.
(b) He finds her boring.
(c) He likes her.
(d) He finds her supportive.

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

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

11. What is Josh's stepfather's business?
(a) Advertising.
(b) Oil.
(c) Retail management.
(d) Sales.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tashjian say is not usually Josh's thing?

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

4. What makes Josh feel close to Peter?

5. Who is Katherine?

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