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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. How does the older woman make Josh's day?

2. What does Josh say he can focus on, now that his manuscript is finished?

3. Where does Josh check into a motel?

4. Where does the epigraph at the beginning of Part 6 come from?

5. Why does Beth ultimately break with Josh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Josh find are advantages of being outed as Larry?

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

3. What happens between Josh and Beth at Larryfest?

4. What does Josh hear from his mother when he goes to Bloomingdale's?

5. What is the epigraph to Part 6, and what is its importance?

6. How does Josh disguise himself?

7. How does Josh rise from his depression about being commoditized?

8. What snaps Josh out of his depression and wandering?

9. What is Larryfest like?

10. What does Josh conclude from the media circus surrounding his life?

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

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

Visit the 'Larry' blog, and describe its relationship with the book. Is it a work in its own right, or is it just an extra-part of the book? Does it seem to attract the same kind of audience that was drawn to Larry within the book?

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