View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous person did Simon use to illustrate what to do after making a decision?
(a) Socrates
(b) Alexander the Great
(c) Caesar
(d) George Washington

2. Where was Simon when Og turned to thank him?
(a) behind the car
(b) gone
(c) inside the gate
(d) in the street

3. What does Simon do in his life?
(a) he's retired
(b) helps people
(c) he writes books
(d) he practices law

4. What type of story is this book?
(a) historical document
(b) a science fiction story
(c) a mystical story
(d) hero's quest story

5. Who said, "whatever we allow to enter our minds will bear fruit?"
(a) Socrates
(b) John Kennedy
(c) Og
(d) Simon

6. What are two of the examples Simon gave of God communicating to the world?
(a) King David and Soloman
(b) Abe Lincoln and Harriet B. Stowe
(c) Moses and Ezekiel
(d) Buddha and Ghandi

7. When Og left Simon after his second encounter with him, what did he wonder?
(a) why Simon would be interested in him
(b) if Simon was a minister
(c) if Simon was real
(d) why Simon wasn't rich

8. In Chapter 2, who did Og meet in the parking lot when he left work?
(a) his wife
(b) Simon
(c) his editor
(d) an old college friend

9. What did Og say to Simon about Simon's eyes?
(a) they are black
(b) they spark with anger
(c) they have a twinkle in them
(d) they are too deep-set

10. How did Simon relate car accidents to success?
(a) most accidents are destiny
(b) most accidents are premeditated
(c) most accidents are due to carelessness
(d) most accidents can be avoided if one doesn't give up

11. What was the name of the book Og gave Simon?
(a) The Greatest Salesman in the World
(b) The Greatest Answer in the World
(c) The Greatest Person in the World
(d) The Greatest Question in the World

12. What does Simon say is the way most people function in regard to their mind?
(a) not using it well
(b) using it too much
(c) ignorant as to its potential
(d) should use the heart, not the mind

13. What did Simon believe a person should do if she/he worked at a hated job?
(a) become the boss
(b) pray for the boss
(c) quit the job
(d) work harder

14. What did Og ask of God in the church?
(a) for guidance and courage
(b) for a wife
(c) for a new job
(d) for money

15. At the opening to Chapter 3, Og was yelled at by Simon. Where was Simon?
(a) by Og's office door
(b) in a snow drift
(c) in a taxi
(d) hanging out an apartment window

Short Answer Questions

1. Who included a Bible verse about good deeds in a novel?

2. What did Simon suggest to Og about the gate?

3. What did Simon ask Og about miracles?

4. What does Simon believe about the books in his apartment?

5. In what city did Og first meet Simon?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 517 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample