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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 pretend with Beth?
(a) That he thinks she is really Larry.
(b) That he is interested in what she is saying.
(c) That they are going out.
(d) That he likes her.

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

3. Who tells the narrative of 'The Gospel According to Larry'?
(a) Josh.
(b) Christy.
(c) Larry.
(d) Janet Tashjian.

4. How does Tashjian characterize Josh's attitude while he is listening to Beth?
(a) Disillusioned.
(b) Distracted.
(c) Lovey-dovey.
(d) Rapt.

5. What curiosity does Beth share with betagold?
(a) Whether Larry really only has 75 possessions.
(b) Whether Larry is fabricating his information.
(c) Whether Josh is Larry.
(d) Whether Todd likes her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Josh interpret signs of death around him?

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

3. How many possessions does Josh have?

4. Who is Katherine?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between Josh and Beth?

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

4. Who is Janet Tashjian?

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

6. How are Tashjian and the boy in contact?

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

8. How does Josh get in touch with his mother?

9. What is Josh's catch-22?

10. How does Josh's personal life intrude on Larry's sermons?

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