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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 does Tashjian do when she has this realization?

2. What does Beth say to Josh's mother?

3. Where does Josh go to write sermon 113?

4. Who is Todd?

5. How old was the person who gave Tashjian the manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Janet Tashjian?

5. How does Larry's website get noticed?

6. What is Josh's relationship with his possessions?

7. What is the relationship between Josh and Beth?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How realistic is this book? What parts are not believable? What leaps of faith does the author require of the reader?

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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