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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 did Og say to the publisher about the book?

2. What did Simon compare his letter to in the beginning of the letter?

3. What did Simon call his birthday present?

4. Why did Og go to the county morgue?

5. What did Simon say was required to change one's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did God say about the past and the world of the living?

2. What did Og bring up on the night of Simon's birthday and what did Simon say?

3. Where did Og go when he left Simon's apartment and with whom did he talk? What did that person say?

4. How was Simon supposed to use the God Memorandum and why?

5. Where was Og when Chapter 10 started?

6. Who did Og call and why in Chapter 10?

7. What rules did God give to create happiness?

8. What assurance did God give at the beginning of the memo?

9. What was the first thing Og read out of the brown envelope?

10. What did Simon tell Og he had to do with the God Memorandum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As he was summing up what he'd heard Simon say, Og said to Simon: if we are not proud of what we are, how can we like ourselves?

1. Explain what you believe Og meant by this statement.

2. When you have failed at a goal, do you dislike yourself? Explain your answer with one or more examples.

3. Do you believe you can like yourself if you don't like what you do? Have you seen any evidence in your life of a person who wasn't proud of what she/he did but liked her/him self? Explain your answer using an example from the book.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter Seven, Og, has a package from Simon but when he goes to "Simon's" apartment, it is as if the man never lived there. If we are to assume that a person can't just disappear without a trace, meaning, no one but Og had seen or spoken to this man, then we have to come up with an explanation for his disappearance. Let's look at it as a literary device that Og used to hold our attention.

1. This book was published as a true book. Do you believe that Simon Potter existed? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own thoughts to support your answer.

2. If Simon Potter did not exist and Og Mandino used the story of him to keep a reader interested, would that change your feelings and thoughts about the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Simon said that all people are capable of completing a great miracle. When Og asked what miracle, Simon had him first define the word miracle.

1. Do you agree with Og's definition of a miracle? How about Simon's? Do you think miracles do occur? Support both answers with why or why not.

2. Have you ever seen a miracle or have you ever wanted to see one? Explain the circumstances if you believe you've seen a miracle. If not, why would you want or not want to see a miracle?

3. Would seeing a miracle be frightening? Why or why not?

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