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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Josh throw over the falls?
(a) His shoes and sweatshirt.
(b) A dummy dressed like him.
(c) His shirt and bookbag.
(d) His pants and wallet and shoes.

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

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

4. Where is the epigraph for Part 4 from?
(a) 'Alice in Wonderland'.
(b) 'Romeo and Juliet'.
(c) The book of Matthew.
(d) 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'.

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

6. How many people claimed to be Josh's father?
(a) 16.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

7. What was Josh's new vocation?
(a) Serial killer.
(b) Survivalist.
(c) Bohemian artist.
(d) Spiritual hobo.

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

9. What is pseudocide?
(a) False prophecy.
(b) False vision.
(c) False faith.
(d) False death.

10. Where does Josh plan to go after his funeral?
(a) Santa Fe.
(b) California.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Portland, OR.

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

12. What consequence does Peter face from Josh being Larry?
(a) He loses accounts.
(b) He has unique marketing opportunities.
(c) He can merchandize his possessions.
(d) He wins new contracts.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josh make a list of?

2. What does Josh offer to an older woman at Larryfest?

3. What does Josh say is the only thing making his exile bearable?

4. Why does Beth ultimately break with Josh?

5. What irony does Josh see in his newfound fame?

(see the answer keys)

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