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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Josh say when Beth says that he should have told her?
(a) He was afraid.
(b) He couldn't.
(c) He almost did, a number of times.
(d) He didn't trust himself to let her in on the secret.

3. What is Item 57 that Josh posts on the website?
(a) A CD.
(b) A camera.
(c) A pair of boots.
(d) A book.

4. When does Josh plan to fake his death?
(a) When Beth is with him.
(b) When school is out.
(c) When Peter is out of town.
(d) When Peter will be the one to find that he missing.

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

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

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

8. Where does Josh go after finishing his manuscript?
(a) Boston.
(b) Home.
(c) Walden Pond.
(d) Beth's house.

9. Where does the epigraph at the beginning of Part 5 come from?
(a) The book of Luke.
(b) The book of Mark.
(c) Kings.
(d) The book of John.

10. What does Josh say is the only thing making his exile bearable?
(a) That Peter will blame himself for Josh's death.
(b) That Beth will be crushed for missing him.
(c) That he will see Beth again soon.
(d) That he has his freedom.

11. What does Josh think about Peter when he considers his plans and their effect on him?
(a) He thinks that Peter will replace him soon enough.
(b) He thinks that Peter will be better off.
(c) He thinks Peter will be crushed.
(d) He thinks that Peter will be glad because Katherine won't have to compete with Josh for Peter's attention.

12. What does Josh plan to do in six months?
(a) Flee to Canada.
(b) Return and say that he was kidnapped.
(c) Flee to Mexico.
(d) Return and say that he had lost his memory.

13. How many possessions does Josh take with him?
(a) 63.
(b) 51.
(c) 12.
(d) 75.

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

15. What does Josh look forward to in having died?
(a) Sleeping outside all the time.
(b) Moving about the country freely.
(c) Living outside the system.
(d) Not having to pay taxes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What prevents Josh from telling Beth that he is Larry?

3. What does Peter think about Josh's views?

4. Where is the epigraph to Part 3 from?

5. How does Josh buy himself an escape?

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