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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Larry?

2. What does Josh expect to study in college?

3. What tarot card does Beth pull for Josh?

4. What does Josh realize he forgot to tell Beth?

5. Who does Josh say his mother belonged to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are Tashjian and the boy in contact?

4. What does Josh Swensen give Tashjian?

5. Describe Josh's visit to the cemetery with Peter.

6. What does Tashjian find out about Josh when she researches him?

7. What is Josh's catch-22?

8. Why hasn't Josh told Beth that he is Larry?

9. What is the relationship between Josh and Beth?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Josh claim to be a messiah, or just a guide? Does he want people to follow his way, or just to follow their own way? How does he account for people whose decisions would be different from his?

Essay Topic 2

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 3

Is Josh consistent with his message, or does he contradict himself? How does he address the possibility of self-contradiction, or selling out?

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