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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of book is "The Greatest Miracle in the World?"
(a) action/adventure
(b) self-help book
(c) romance
(d) murder mystery

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

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

4. What does Simon say many people are?
(a) depressed
(b) happy
(c) searching
(d) part of the living dead

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

6. Where was Simon standing when Og first saw him?
(a) in a pond
(b) in the foyer
(c) in the snow
(d) on a road

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

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

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

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

11. Why does Og tell Simon he looks great when Simon visits Og's office?
(a) Simon wore a suit and tie
(b) Simon shaved off his beard
(c) Simon cut his hair
(d) Simon had a tan

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

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

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

15. Why does Og want to stay at the magazine?
(a) he likes working there
(b) he likes his secretary
(c) he needs the money
(d) it gives him structure

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Og do when he graduated from high school?

2. What did Og do when he first saw Simon?

3. What does Og do for a living?

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

5. What was Og's connection with James Stewart?

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