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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What famous person did Simon use to illustrate what to do after making a decision?
(a) George Washington
(b) Alexander the Great
(c) Socrates
(d) Caesar
2. How did Simon think the handicapped could succeed?
(a) as well as anyone else
(b) within certain limitations
(c) with some help
(d) they couldn't succeed
3. Where does Simon invite Og the second time they meet?
(a) to a restaurant
(b) to a bar
(c) to his apartment
(d) to the movie theater
4. Simon tells Og there are not enough ragpickers. Why is that?
(a) most people don't have time to be one
(b) most people don't want to be on
(c) most people don't have the ability
(d) the huge population of humans on the junk pile
5. What did Og do when he first saw Simon?
(a) gave him a magazine
(b) introduced himself
(c) told him to leave
(d) ignored him
6. Why does Og tell Simon he looks great when Simon visits Og's office?
(a) Simon cut his hair
(b) Simon shaved off his beard
(c) Simon had a tan
(d) Simon wore a suit and tie
7. What did Simon want Og to remember when he called to him from the window in Chapter 3?
(a) Og's book
(b) their lunch date
(c) a bottle of sherry
(d) his birthday
8. How many questions about Simon did Og mumble to himself as he walked into his office in Chapter 3?
(a) three
(b) four
(c) five
(d) two
9. What did Og do when he graduated from high school?
(a) went to college
(b) joined the navy
(c) became a printer
(d) joined the Army Air Force
10. What does Simon do in his life?
(a) he's retired
(b) he writes books
(c) he practices law
(d) helps people
11. What does Og do for a living?
(a) he's a stockbroker
(b) he's an editor
(c) he's a writer
(d) he's a banker
12. What kind of books does Simon like to read?
(a) science books
(b) some of every genre
(c) mostly myteries
(d) religious books
13. What does Simon believe causes most of the world's ills?
(a) anger
(b) greed
(c) war
(d) lack of pride in self
14. Og said Simon defined abstract words with what?
(a) colorful analogies
(b) charades
(c) concrete examples
(d) metaphors
15. Where did Simon get the cross he wears?
(a) from a man he helped
(b) from a dumpster
(c) from his brother
(d) from his mother
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Simon say many people are?
2. What did Simon believe one should do after making a decision?
3. How does Og describe himself when he was pulled from the junk pile?
4. How did Og feel about Simon after the first couple of times they met?
5. What did Simon ask Og about miracles?
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