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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who picked Og off the junk pile sixteen years previously?
(a) Lonnie Goodman
(b) Abraham Maslow
(c) W. Clement Stone
(d) Deepak Chopra

2. What does Simon say he is?
(a) a priest
(b) a ragpicker
(c) a doctor
(d) a lawyer

3. Why does Simon call himself a ragpicker?
(a) he pulls treasures out of dumpsters
(b) he wears simple, old clothes
(c) he picks people off the junk piles of their lives
(d) he weaves material out of rags

4. What did Og do when he graduated from high school?
(a) went to college
(b) became a printer
(c) joined the Army Air Force
(d) joined the navy

5. Simon said people don't take enough chances. Why is this, according to him?
(a) misunderstanding
(b) fear
(c) laziness
(d) ignorance

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

7. When Simon called over to Og, who did he quote?
(a) Robert Frost
(b) Thomas Moore
(c) George Washington
(d) Thomas Carlyle

8. What did Simon want Og to remember when he called to him from the window in Chapter 3?
(a) his birthday
(b) Og's book
(c) a bottle of sherry
(d) their lunch date

9. How did Og keep Simon talking?
(a) recording the conversation
(b) making up stories
(c) asking questions
(d) nodding his head

10. On what is this book based?
(a) the plot of a science fiction movie
(b) true experiences of Og Mandino
(c) nothing
(d) the diary of Simon Potter

11. If a person thinks negative thoughts, according to Simon what will happen?
(a) they will have a lot of accidents
(b) they will reap negative events
(c) they will get depressed
(d) they will hate other people

12. How did Simon think the handicapped could succeed?
(a) as well as anyone else
(b) they couldn't succeed
(c) with some help
(d) within certain limitations

13. Of what magazine was Og president ?
(a) Gentleman's Quarterly
(b) Success Unlimited
(c) New Yorker
(d) Harper's

14. How many questions about Simon did Og mumble to himself as he walked into his office in Chapter 3?
(a) three
(b) two
(c) five
(d) four

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does GIGO mean?

2. What is the "Jonah" complex?

3. What was Simon doing the first time Og saw him?

4. Simon said God often plays man. What else did he say in this vein?

5. How did Og feel about Simon after the first couple of times they met?

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