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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. What other writing does Beth say she enjoyed?

2. Where did Beth read the thing she is discussing with Josh?

3. Who tells the narrative of 'The Gospel According to Larry'?

4. What problem does Tashjian have with Josh's book as she works on it?

5. What was the person who gave Tashjian the manuscript reading?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are Tashjian and the boy in contact?

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

5. What does Tashjian foreshadow in the beginning of Part 2?

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

7. How does Larry's website get noticed?

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

9. What does Josh Swensen give Tashjian?

10. What is Josh's relationship with his stepfather like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the author uses the frame story in which she includes herself and explains how she was given the manuscript? What are the benefits of this frame? What are the risks she takes?

Essay Topic 2

Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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