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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. Why does Og want to stay at the magazine?

2. In Chapter 3, what does Simon tell Og about the mind?

3. What happened after Og prayed?

4. In Chapter 2, who did Og meet in the parking lot when he left work?

5. What does Simon believe all people can do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Og think he and Simon could do together?

3. Why was Og surprised about part of Simon's life?

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

5. What did Og find the last time he went to see Simon?

6. Who is Simon Potter and what does he do?

7. What did Simon ask Og to remember for the next time they met?

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

9. What did Og Mandino do with Simon?

10. What did Simon believe could help mankind?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Mandino wrote in Chapter 4 that he and Simon sat in a peaceful silence that could only be shared by two people who truly related to each other and that words weren't necessary to reinforce friendship.

1. What do you think Mandino meant by this statement?

2. Do you think friendship can build by silence between two people? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and/or your own life to support your opinion.

3. What do you think are the best ways to build friendship between two people?

Essay Topic 3

This first chapter touches on the theme of friendship, not only introducing the two main characters, but already suggesting the kind of relationship they will experience by the writer's first words.

1. Describe what you think the first chapter was saying about the two men, Simon and Og's, relationship.

2. Did you think the two men were still friends when this book was written? Why or why not?

3. What did the first words of the book, above, foreshadow to you?

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