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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 tarot card does Beth pull for Josh?
(a) The death card.
(b) The hanged man.
(c) The queen of cups.
(d) The wise man.

2. Who is Peter?
(a) Josh's stepfather.
(b) The boy Beth likes.
(c) Josh's father.
(d) Beth's boyfriend.

3. Why did Tashjian agree to take the manuscript?
(a) Because the person who gave it to her was reading to her.
(b) Because the person who gave it to her ran away.
(c) Because she was curious what was inside it.
(d) Because she knew the person who gave it to her.

4. What is Josh's stepfather's business?
(a) Oil.
(b) Retail management.
(c) Sales.
(d) Advertising.

5. What are Josh's feelings for Beth?
(a) They are just good friends.
(b) They have been going out for a month.
(c) He has loved her since sixth grade.
(d) He find her irritating but good to know.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has it been since Josh's mother died?

2. What lesson has Josh learned from living with his stepfather?

3. Why doesn't Josh want to give Larry up?

4. What was the website like when Josh started it?

5. Why does Josh limit the number of his possessions?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the importance of the epigraph to Part 2?

3. What is Josh's relationship with his possessions?

4. What signs of death appear around Josh, and how does he interpret them?

5. What is Tashjian's response to Josh's story?

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

7. What is the relationship between Josh and Beth?

8. What is the response to the Larry fan club?

9. What does Josh Swensen give Tashjian?

10. What motivated Josh to adopt an anti-consumerist message?

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