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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 are human
(c) we can ask for help
(d) we are all smart

2. What was Simon doing the first time Og saw him?
(a) eating lunch
(b) walking a dog
(c) feeding pigeons
(d) making a speech

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(a) historical document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

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

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

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

7. Who is Lazarus?
(a) Og's cat
(b) Simon's goldfish
(c) Og's editor
(d) Simon's dog

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

9. Why did Og have a difficult time getting in the gate?
(a) it wouldn't open
(b) it was blocked by snow
(c) it kept shutting
(d) it would only open a few inches

10. What happened after Og prayed?
(a) he started laughing
(b) he started sobbing
(c) he danced
(d) he talked to a priest

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

12. How did Og try to open his gate?
(a) by pushing on the open bar
(b) with a key
(c) with a remote opener
(d) on a number pad

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

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

15. What does Simon believe all people can do?
(a) fall off the God path
(b) good and bad
(c) complete a miracle
(d) learn to be good

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Bible sales when the book, "Magnificent Obsession" was published?

2. When Og left Simon after his second encounter with him, what did he wonder?

3. Why did Simon think raising the dead was still being done today?

4. Who was interested in acquiring Og Mandino's first book?

5. What did Og say a miracle was?

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