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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. Who answered the door to Simon's apartment?

2. What did Og tell his publisher after the office party?

3. What worries Simon about his writings?

4. What did Simon tell Og to wear?

5. Why would Og do what Simon asked him to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Og tell Fell when he asked what the book was about and what was his response?

2. How did Og find Simon's surprise and how did Simon feel about it?

3. Where were the last places Og went to look for Simon and what did he find?

4. What did Og find at Simon's apartment?

5. How was Simon supposed to use the God Memorandum and why?

6. What assurance did God give at the beginning of the memo?

7. What did Simon do with his surprise?

8. When Og returned from a business trip what did he find?

9. What did God say about the past and the world of the living?

10. What did Simon tell Og he could see about the God Memorandum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Simon took Og to his apartment. The living room was full of books. Og looked at the books, surprised at the diversity of subjects. When Simon reentered the room, he told Og that he felt each of those books were special because they were all written with the hand of God.

1. What do you think Simon meant about God writing the books Simon owned?

2. Do you think most writers are inspired by sources outside or inside themselves or a mixture? Why or why not?

3. Have you ever felt inspired to write a book or poem or song? How did that feel and did you do it? If not, why? If you did, how did it feel when you were done?

Essay Topic 3

Simon Potter told Og that "we become what we think."

1. How would you interpret that statement? Use examples from the Chapter to help support your interpretation.

2. Describe how you believe that statement might be demonstrated in your own life.

3. Describe a situation in which you might change the circumstances if you changed your thinking.

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