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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 Josh say he wants to be?
(a) A marketing executive.
(b) A prophet.
(c) A salesman.
(d) A hermit.

2. What does Josh Swensen supplement the manuscript with?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Personal diary pages.
(c) Music CDs.
(d) A DVD.

3. What does Billy North determine about Larry?
(a) That he is Josh.
(b) That he lives in New England.
(c) That he is a girl.
(d) That he is high school.

4. What does Josh have to do when he buys something?
(a) Pretend it was a gift.
(b) Post it on his website.
(c) Make space in his room for it.
(d) Get rid of something else.

5. What does Josh post on Larry's website in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) A belt.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A fishing pole.
(d) A shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Larry?

2. What are Tashjian's feelings about the manuscript?

3. What happens when 'Larry's' work becomes popular?

4. What is the subject of the epigraph to Part 1?

5. What is the term for the discussion of death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Josh's catch-22?

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

3. What is Peter's relationship with the Larry website

4. What is Josh's answer when Tashjian warns him that publishing the book will renew his troubles?

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

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

7. Who is Janet Tashjian?

8. Where does 'The Gospel According to Larry' begin?

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

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

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