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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Josh consider doing to escape the media attention?
(a) Camps out.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Recants.
(d) Fights back.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Josh tell Beth about the publicity?
(a) He feels strangely fulfilled by it.
(b) He is miserable because of it.
(c) He is afraid he does not have enough friends to withstand it.
(d) He wishes he had more wisdom to control it.

8. Why is Josh nervous about spending time with Beth?
(a) Because Larry had written about spending time alone in the woods at the same time that Josh had spent time alone in the woods.
(b) Because he is afraid she will tell him about her affection for Todd or some other boy.
(c) Because he is having difficulty resisting the impulse to kiss her.
(d) Because he is starting to lose interest in her, just at the time when she is starting to like him.

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

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

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

12. What does Beth say at Josh's funeral?
(a) That Josh would hate the circus his funeral had become.
(b) That Josh had not died.
(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.

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

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

15. How does Josh identify himself when the police ask him for identification?
(a) Gil Jackson.
(b) Henry Winker.
(c) Bill McDonald.
(d) Rob Daugherty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people claimed to be Josh's father?

2. What is Josh surprised by in the Boston Globe?

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

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

5. Where does Josh say he found his guidance, ultimately?

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