///I thought of another test: if something absolutely horrible happens to a good person you know, and you don't think that it must have happened *for a reason*, you pass the test. ///

Depends what it is, doesn't it? What if he was driving drunk? I'd say it happened for a pretty good reason. What if he was texting or trying to call someone on his cell? He could still be a good person and do something stupid, right?

Now if he was driving down a road and a boulder crushed him or hit hit a deer at 70 mph, there could be myriad reasons why that happened. Be specific please. What reason are you alluding to?