I am going to get my permit in a few days, and I was just wondering, is the test that you have to take hard? Do you suggest that I really study the DMV book or are the questions mostly just common knowledge stuff? I'm kind of nervous.

Read the book and don't freak out. Yes there are common knowledge questions, but there are also harder questions that only someone who actuallly looked at the book will know, they're not designed to trick you just to make sure you're knowlegable about the subject.

If it makes you feel any better, look at all the dummies on the road today who passed there test... if they can do it, so can you!