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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tashjian realize on her way home with the manuscript?
(a) What she needed to ask the person who gave it to her.
(b) Why the person who gave it to her looked familiar.
(c) What Thoreau meant about the marketplace.
(d) That she would have to publish this manuscript.

2. What does the person who gives Janet Tashjian the manuscript of 'The Gospel According to Larry' say about how she can reach him?
(a) That she can call.
(b) That it is impossible.
(c) That she can email.
(d) That she can send him a message.

3. Where is Josh's mother?
(a) She lives in California.
(b) She is in prison.
(c) She is dead.
(d) She moved away.

4. When does Tashjian hear from the person who gave her the manuscript next?
(a) A few days later.
(b) A few weeks later.
(c) A week later.
(d) The next day.

5. What does Beth say to Josh's mother?
(a) That she's taking care of him.
(b) That she would be proud of him.
(c) That he is a really sweet guy.
(d) That she loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josh realize he forgot to tell Beth?

2. What are Josh's feelings about Katherine?

3. Who tells the narrative of 'The Gospel According to Larry'?

4. How does Katherine describe Josh?

5. How is the 'The Gospel According to Larry' set up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Josh's relationship with Katherine?

2. How are Tashjian and the boy in contact?

3. How does Larry's website get noticed?

4. What does Tashjian foreshadow in the beginning of Part 2?

5. What items does Josh post photos of on Larry's website?

6. What does Josh Swensen give Tashjian?

7. What is Josh's relationship with his stepfather like?

8. What does Beth give Josh on the anniversary of his mother's death?

9. What is the importance of the epigraph for Part 1?

10. Describe Josh's visit to the cemetery with Peter.

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