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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the person who gives Janet Tashjian the manuscript of 'The Gospel According to Larry' say about how she can reach him?
(a) That it is impossible.
(b) That she can send him a message.
(c) That she can call.
(d) That she can email.

2. How does Janet Tashjian claim to have received the manuscript for 'The Gospel According to Larry'?
(a) She claimed to have discovered it in a box of her grandfather's papers.
(b) A young man thought it was hers and 'returned it' to her.
(c) She received the submission at the press where she worked.
(d) A young man handed it to her at the supermarket.

3. What does Josh agree to help Beth with?
(a) Writing a paper.
(b) Studying for a test.
(c) Forming a study group.
(d) Sneaking her out of her parents' house.

4. What does Tashjian realize on her way home with the manuscript?
(a) That she would have to publish this manuscript.
(b) What she needed to ask the person who gave it to her.
(c) What Thoreau meant about the marketplace.
(d) Why the person who gave it to her looked familiar.

5. Who tells the narrative of 'The Gospel According to Larry'?
(a) Josh.
(b) Christy.
(c) Janet Tashjian.
(d) Larry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Josh's feelings for Beth?

2. What is Beth telling Josh at the beginning of 'The Gospel According to Larry'?

3. What does Josh pretend with Beth?

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

5. What does Josh Swensen supplement the manuscript with?

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