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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 was Og's connection with James Stewart?

2. What does Simon believe about the books in his apartment?

3. What was Simon doing the first time Og saw him?

4. How does Og describe himself when he was pulled from the junk pile?

5. If a person thinks negative thoughts, according to Simon what will happen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Simon take Og after they met for the second time and what was Og's first impression of the place?

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

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

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

6. What did Og tell Simon about James Stewart?

7. What did Og Mandino do with Simon?

8. Where had Og been just before Chapter Four started?

9. What did Simon tell Og about God and talking to people?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Og tells Simon of this book he read where the woman said the first thing she had to do to change was to say she needed help. AA says the same, that a person cannot get help or change until he/she acknowledges the need for change.

1. Why do you think this statement might be true? Use examples from the book to support your opinion.

2. Write about a time that you struggled to complete a task but needed help to do it. Did you ask for help? If not why and what was the ultimate outcome? If you asked for help how did that work for you?

3. If a friend of yours was struggling with a difficult problem but refused to ask for help, what would you say to convince her/him to do so? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Simon says the first law of happiness and success is to count your blessings. One definition of blessing in the dictionary is: a thing conducive to happiness or welfare.

1. What do you think Simon meant by his first law? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. What do you believe is the greatest blessing in your life? Use examples from your life to support your answer.

3. Do you believe that some people have more blessings in their lives than difficulties? Why or why not? Does it seem to you blessings and difficulties are distributed evenly among the human population? Why or why not?

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