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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Simon suggest to Og about the gate?

2. What kind of book is "The Greatest Miracle in the World?"

3. What did Og and Simon find in Simon's life and Og's first book?

4. What does Simon say is the way most people function in regard to their mind?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Simon do after the war?

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

3. What did Simon say about Og's boss as he looked at Stone's picture?

4. What did Simon believe could help mankind?

5. What did Simon tell Og when Og asked him how many people Simon had helped?

6. When Og met Simon for the second time he talked about his name and his vocation. What did he say?

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

8. Who did Simon quote about the similarities between Og's first book and Simon's life?

9. What did Og Mandino do with Simon?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Simon quoted Richter as saying that "life becomes more and more bright the longer we live and the reason of everything becomes more clear."

1. What is your interpretation of this quote? Do you think the quote means the same to you as to Simon?

2. When thinking of an older person you know, for example, your grandparent; or an older person that you have heard about, how would this saying apply to them?

3. Simon seems to believe life gets better as one gets older and yet America seems to be a culture focused on youth. Do you think it is more difficult for an older person to have a better life in a country where youth is valued? Why or why not? Use an example from your life or from a book or movie you have read or seen.

Essay Topic 2

The third law of happiness and success is "go another mile."

1. How did Simon illustrate this principle to Og?

2. Describe a situation in your life where you had to "go another mile" in order to accomplish a task. How did you feel about yourself when you did that?

3. From what you know of Og Mandino's life do you believe he adhered to this principle in his life? Why or why not? Use examples from the book or from your research to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Og Mandino says in Chapter 3 that Simon Potter would constantly interrupt his thoughts impinging questions about the man on Og's consciousness. He couldn't see to get Simon Potter out of his mind.

1. Why do you think Og's thought kept returning to Simon Potter? Use examples from the Chapter to support your answer.

2. Have you ever had an experience of not being able to get someone off your mind? Describe that experience.

3. Og said that Simon both fascinated and frightened him. How and why do you think these feelings about Simon affected Og's thinking?

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