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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tashjian do when she has this realization?
(a) Rushes home.
(b) Rushes to her therapist.
(c) Rushes to pick up her children from school.
(d) Rushes back to the store.

2. Why does Josh say he cannot sell a product?
(a) He doesn't want to buy things, so he tries to make things for himself.
(b) He is trying to give things away, not sell them.
(c) He is non-materialistic.
(d) He refuses to handle money.

3. How does Tashjian characterize Josh's attitude while he is listening to Beth?
(a) Lovey-dovey.
(b) Disillusioned.
(c) Distracted.
(d) Rapt.

4. What did the author of 'The Gospel According to Larry' put at the beginning of each chapter?
(a) Quotes from the Unabomber.
(b) Quotes from different authors.
(c) Quotes from the Bible.
(d) Quotes from Thoreau.

5. Who is Katherine?
(a) Josh's girlfriend.
(b) Beth's friend.
(c) Peter's girlfriend.
(d) The girl who likes Josh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tashjian realize on her way home with the manuscript?

2. How many hits does Josh get on Larry's site after Bono draws attention to it?

3. What is Josh's response to what Tashjian tells him?

4. What does betagold challenge Larry to do?

5. What is the subject of the epigraph to Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Josh's visit to the cemetery with Peter.

4. What does Beth give Josh on the anniversary of his mother's death?

5. What does Josh Swensen give Tashjian?

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

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

8. What book is introduced even before we see the manuscript of 'The Gospel According to Larry'?

9. How does Josh's personal life intrude on Larry's sermons?

10. What is Josh's relationship with Katherine?

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