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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Simon think people could change their lives?
(a) we all have the innate ability
(b) we can ask for help
(c) we are human
(d) we are all smart

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

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

4. What did Og say a miracle was?
(a) God changing a life
(b) good sherry
(c) the earth being alive
(d) the ability to change a law of nature

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

6. What is Og's real name?
(a) Obelius
(b) James
(c) Ogden
(d) Augustine

7. What did Og and Simon find in Simon's life and Og's first book?
(a) an amazing connection
(b) nothing
(c) both men, Siimon and the character in the book, were short
(d) the men have the same name

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

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(d) historical document

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

11. How did Og feel about Simon after the first couple of times they met?
(a) happy and excited
(b) confused
(c) sad
(d) frightened and fascinated

12. What is the "Jonah" complex?
(a) wanting to bury oneself in work
(b) desire to hide from the possibility of failure
(c) refusing a request from God
(d) running away from home

13. Where did Simon get the cross he wears?
(a) from his mother
(b) from a dumpster
(c) from his brother
(d) from a man he helped

14. What did Simon ask Og about miracles?
(a) what was the greatest one ever done
(b) why miracles didn't happen
(c) if he really believed in miracles
(d) who was a modern miracle worker

15. What does Og do for a living?
(a) he's an editor
(b) he's a banker
(c) he's a writer
(d) he's a stockbroker

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Simon believe one should do after making a decision?

2. How did the gate at Og's building open?

3. What did Og imagine he heard God saying?

4. What does Simon say many people are?

5. What apartment number was Simon's?

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