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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. How does the older woman make Josh's day?
(a) By telling him that his mother would be proud of him.
(b) By telling him that he's as good a person as Larry claims to be.
(c) By telling him that he's very handsome.
(d) By telling Beth that she should consider herself lucky.

2. What does Josh wonder when he sees Beth outside her house?
(a) Whether she knows he is still alive.
(b) Whether she is relieved.
(c) Whether she misses him.
(d) Whether she hates herself now.

3. Where is Josh going to start with his work after he publishes his manuscript?
(a) With nature.
(b) With himself.
(c) With his town.
(d) With Beth.

4. What does Peter think about Josh's views?
(a) They will pass in time.
(b) They are hateful.
(c) They are dangerous and have to be stopped.
(d) They are misguided.

5. What does media attention do to Josh?
(a) Preserves his privacy.
(b) Allows him to change more people's lives.
(c) Turns him into a product.
(d) Gives him more cultural power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the epigraph at the beginning of Part 5 come from?

2. What does Josh say when Beth says that he should have told her?

3. What climax takes place when Josh Swensen is identified as Larry?

4. What does Beth do in response to the news that Josh is Larry?

5. Why does Beth ultimately break with Josh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the epigraph to Part 4, and what is its importance?

2. How does Josh disguise himself?

3. What is Larryfest like?

4. Describe the incident when Josh gave a woman his toothbrush.

5. How does Josh know what happens in his absence?

6. What are Josh's thoughts about leaving a suicide note?

7. What is it that jolts Josh out of his feeling of peace, love and understanding?

8. Why doesn't Josh leave for Santa Fe?

9. What happens between Josh and Beth at Larryfest?

10. Describe Josh's pseudocide.

(see the answer keys)

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