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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Larryfest held?
(a) The Adirondacks.
(b) Boston.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Maine.

3. When does Josh cry for Peter?
(a) When Peter throws dirt on the grave.
(b) When Peter condemns Josh for his selfish act of killing himself.
(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.

4. Where does Josh make a vision quest?
(a) In his room.
(b) In his underground room.
(c) In his basement.
(d) Behind the falls.

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

6. What does Josh wonder when he sees Beth outside her house?
(a) Whether she knows he is still alive.
(b) Whether she misses him.
(c) Whether she is relieved.
(d) Whether she hates herself now.

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

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

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

10. What does betagold do at Larryfest?
(a) Petitions for Larry to reveal himself.
(b) Interviews attendees.
(c) Rants against Larry.
(d) Takes Josh's hand.

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

12. 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.

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

14. Which is NOT an advantage of Josh being revealed as Larry?
(a) Reaching a wider audience.
(b) Talking with Bono.
(c) Talking with activists from Amnesty International.
(d) Being commercialized.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Josh's new vocation?

2. What does Josh watch on TV from the motel?

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

4. Who is Tracy Hawthorne?

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

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