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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 did God say humans should do secondly?

2. Who did Og find in the apartment building to ask about Simon?

3. What did Simon say was the best thing a person could do?

4. What did Simon tell Og to give a person besides the God Memorandum?

5. What did Og see at the county morgue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Og remember about Simon and surprise him with it?

2. What was the book Simon left Og?

3. What was the first thing Og read out of the brown envelope?

4. What did Og do when he came back to his office after looking for Simon?

5. What did Simon tell Og he had to do with the God Memorandum?

6. Where was Og when Chapter 10 started?

7. What did God say about humans' cries?

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

9. What did Simon tell Og to wear for a hundred days?

10. What did Simon do with his surprise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter Seven, Og, has a package from Simon but when he goes to "Simon's" apartment, it is as if the man never lived there. If we are to assume that a person can't just disappear without a trace, meaning, no one but Og had seen or spoken to this man, then we have to come up with an explanation for his disappearance. Let's look at it as a literary device that Og used to hold our attention.

1. This book was published as a true book. Do you believe that Simon Potter existed? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own thoughts to support your answer.

2. If Simon Potter did not exist and Og Mandino used the story of him to keep a reader interested, would that change your feelings and thoughts about the book? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Simon told Og in his letter that he was leaving the God Memorandum in Og's care with complete confidence in him.

1. Why do you think Simon chose Og for the mission of dissimulating the God Memorandum? Use examples from the book and/or Og's life to support your answer.

2. Do you believe Simon could have the same confidence in you as he did in Og? Why or why not?

3. If your parent or teacher told you she/he believed in you to do something, how would you feel? Would you feel more pressure to live up to the expectations if they did not monitor you and all motivation had to come from you?

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