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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said: "soil, no matter how rich, could not be productive without cultivation?"
(a) Andrew Jackson
(b) Seneca
(c) Socrates
(d) Sitting Bull

2. Who was interested in acquiring Og Mandino's first book?
(a) a playwright
(b) Hollywood
(c) several paperback houses
(d) Simon

3. Why did Simon think raising the dead was still being done today?
(a) there is no such thing as death
(b) the doctors bring people back all the time
(c) most people are living dead
(d) no one knows when someone is really dead

4. What type of person made the best ragpickers, according to Simon?
(a) those who had been on the junk pile themselves
(b) smart people
(c) rich people
(d) religious people

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What phenomena does Simon suggest is the reason for Og's strange feelings around him?

3. What is Og's real name?

4. What did Simon say people did more hours per day than any other activity?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Og feeling pressured on the day he met Simon for the second time?

2. How did Og view Simon?

3. How did Simon feel about many of the people in the world and the way they lived?

4. What did Og Mandino do with Simon?

5. What did Simon tell Og about the books he owned?

6. How did Simon think about handicapped people and people in jobs they hated?

7. Why had Og driven into the city the day he met Simon?

8. What was Og thinking about in relationship to Simon as he first got to know Simon?

9. What did Simon suggest to Og when he was having trouble with the gate and what happened?

10. What did Simon tell Og he believed about the mind?

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