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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What encouragement does Josh get when he visits Bloomingdale's?
(a) He overhears a woman telling her son that she's proud of him.
(b) He overhears a man tell his wife to continue her work.
(c) He overhears a beautician tell a woman she is beautiful.
(d) He overhears a man telling his daughter to admire Larry.

2. What prevents Josh from telling Beth that he is Larry?
(a) Three girls from Chicago.
(b) Bono.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) betagold.

3. What is Josh afraid of if he cannot be convincing?
(a) He will be laughed at for fleeing.
(b) He will be found and imprisoned.
(c) The media will keep looking for him.
(d) He will lose all the integrity he had won.

4. How does Josh buy himself an escape?
(a) He buys a disguise.
(b) He gets a bus ticket.
(c) He gets a hotel room.
(d) He bribes a mailman.

5. How does Josh feel the universe has set him up?
(a) So that he was led into the trap of a second personality.
(b) So that the only thing he can do is start over.
(c) So that his grief over his mother would become permanent.
(d) So that he would never be able to have a father again.

6. Why does Beth ultimately break with Josh?
(a) Because she considers him a sell-out.
(b) Because friendship should have been based on honesty.
(c) Because her parents have threatened her if she sees him.
(d) Because she doesn't believe in his message any more.

7. What is the gist of the epigraph for Part 5?
(a) Rising from the dead.
(b) The pleasure of sinfulness.
(c) Repenting for sins.
(d) The danger of damnation.

8. What does Josh think about Beth when he considers his plans and their effect on her?
(a) He doesn't think she will be affected.
(b) He hopes she will be upset so he will know that she cares about him.
(c) He thinks she will be crushed.
(d) He thinks it will help her clarify what her feelings are.

9. How does betagold scare Josh?
(a) By hacking Larry's website.
(b) By announcing that she will fly to Boston.
(c) By claiming that she has a method for identifying Larry.
(d) By saying that she already knows who Larry is.

10. What is the friendship between Josh and Beth like at Larryfest?
(a) They hold hands but are still friends.
(b) They have a falling out.
(c) They become intimate.
(d) They are as aloof and friendly as ever.

11. Where is Josh going to start with his work after he publishes his manuscript?
(a) With Beth.
(b) With nature.
(c) With himself.
(d) With his town.

12. Where does Josh stay after the funeral?
(a) A shack in the woods.
(b) His underground cabin.
(c) His basement.
(d) New Jersey.

13. What does media attention do to Josh?
(a) Gives him more cultural power.
(b) Allows him to change more people's lives.
(c) Turns him into a product.
(d) Preserves his privacy.

14. What does Beth say at Josh's funeral?
(a) That Josh had not died.
(b) That Josh would hate the circus his funeral had become.
(c) That Josh would be pleased to see so many people here.
(d) That Josh would be mocking people for listening to him instead of listening to their own selves.

15. What claim does betagold make about Larryfest?
(a) betagold claims that she is Larry.
(b) betagold claims she will find Larry.
(c) betagold claims that Larry is making money from it.
(d) betagold claims that Larry doesn't exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josh consider doing to escape the media attention?

2. What does Josh think about leaving a suicide note?

3. How many possessions does Josh take with him?

4. What was Josh's new vocation?

5. What does Josh think about Peter when he considers his plans and their effect on him?

(see the answer keys)

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