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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 is the "Jonah" complex?

2. What does Simon believe all people can do?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were a few things Simon told Og about miracles?

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

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

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

7. What did Og Mandino do with Simon?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Simon said that all people are capable of completing a great miracle. When Og asked what miracle, Simon had him first define the word miracle.

1. Do you agree with Og's definition of a miracle? How about Simon's? Do you think miracles do occur? Support both answers with why or why not.

2. Have you ever seen a miracle or have you ever wanted to see one? Explain the circumstances if you believe you've seen a miracle. If not, why would you want or not want to see a miracle?

3. Would seeing a miracle be frightening? Why or why not?

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

After Og finished reading Simon's letter to him he cried. He wondered to himself why he was crying and if he had realized too late who Simon Potter really was.

1. Who do you think Simon Potter was? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. What would you do and how would you feel if Og's encounter with Simon had happened to you?

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