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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Josh get money from?
(a) He sells some stocks his mother left him.
(b) He steals it from Peter.
(c) He goes without money, so he doesn't arouse suspicion.
(d) He takes all his savings.

2. What does Josh watch on TV from the motel?
(a) An exposé on the commercialization of Larry's website.
(b) Bono's lamentation of Josh's suicide.
(c) Coverage of his death.
(d) The news sensationalizing his death for ratings.

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

4. What does Josh offer to an older woman at Larryfest?
(a) Money.
(b) His toothbrush.
(c) Food.
(d) A towel.

5. What does Beth do in response to the news that Josh is Larry?
(a) Stick close to him.
(b) Turn against him.
(c) Ignore him.
(d) Defend him.

6. How does the older woman make Josh's day?
(a) By telling him that he's as good a person as Larry claims to be.
(b) By telling him that his mother would be proud of him.
(c) By telling Beth that she should consider herself lucky.
(d) By telling him that he's very handsome.

7. When does Josh cry for Peter?
(a) When Peter condemns Josh for his selfish act of killing himself.
(b) When Peter throws dirt on the grave.
(c) When Peter carries the empty coffin to the grave side.
(d) When Peter speaks about how he couldn't give Josh everything he needed.

8. What climax takes place when Josh Swensen is identified as Larry?
(a) Bono becomes the father Josh always wanted.
(b) The foreshadowing of death is fulfilled, and Josh Swensen 'dies'.
(c) Josh's step-father recognizes his anti-consumerism as resentment, and they reconcile.
(d) Josh's conversations with his mother are transformed into conversations with betagold.

9. Where does Josh check into a motel?
(a) Boston.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

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

11. What does Josh tell himself to be?
(a) The hero of his own life.
(b) Honest for Larry's sake.
(c) The anti-hero in Peter's world.
(d) An angel in his mother's image.

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

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

14. What does Josh think about leaving a suicide note?
(a) He leaves a note for Peter alone.
(b) He leaves a note for Beth only.
(c) He decides against it.
(d) He announces his suicide on Larry's website.

15. What are Josh's feelings about the project he wakes up with in Part 5?
(a) He is positive it is the right thing to do.
(b) He is sure he will go through with it.
(c) He is not sure it is the right thing to do.
(d) He doubts he will go through with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josh plan to do in six months?

2. How many possessions does Josh take with him?

3. Why does Josh wear a life jacket while sleeping?

4. What does Josh think is the best way to falsely die?

5. Where does Josh go after finishing his manuscript?

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