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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 Josh wonder while he is making his vision quest?

2. What does betagold do at Larryfest?

3. Where is Josh going to start with his work after he publishes his manuscript?

4. Where does Josh say he found his guidance, ultimately?

5. What claim does betagold make about Larryfest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Josh's funeral.

4. How does Josh disguise himself?

5. Describe Josh's pseudocide.

6. What are the consequences for Beth, that Josh is Larry?

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

8. What happens during Josh's vision quest?

9. What happens between Josh and Beth at Larryfest?

10. What is the epigraph for Part 3, and what is its significance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think it was necessary for Josh to stage his own death? Could he have lived with the media attention, and used it for good? What other options did he have beside pseudocide, and why was pseudocide his best option?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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