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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. Where had the person who gave Tashjian the manuscript just returned from?
(a) New York City.
(b) Walden Pond.
(c) Niagara Falls.
(d) The mall.

2. Who is Beth?
(a) Josh's best friend.
(b) Josh's sister.
(c) Josh's mother's friend.
(d) Josh's teacher.

3. What is NOT a reason for which Josh created the Larry website?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Distraction from his grief.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Rebelliousness.

4. Where does the quote at the opening of Part 1 come from?
(a) 'Walden'.
(b) The book of John.
(c) The Book of Luke.
(d) The Book of Mark.

5. What does Josh agree to help Beth with?
(a) Forming a study group.
(b) Sneaking her out of her parents' house.
(c) Studying for a test.
(d) Writing a paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Josh begin to put more effort into his website?

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

3. What is Josh's stepfather's business?

4. What does the person who gives Janet Tashjian the manuscript of 'The Gospel According to Larry' say about how she can reach him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Josh Swensen give Tashjian?

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

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

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

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

7. What is Beth asking Josh to do when the novel opens?

8. What does Josh take from Peter, his step-father?

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

10. What is Josh's catch-22?

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