Can someone chime in and help diagnose the issues my wife is having with her car?

It's a 2001 Saturn SC2 5 speed. The car wouldn't start because the little switch at the bottom of the clutch and that fixed it (or at least seemed to), within a week of changing that the car would start once, but if stopped and I tried to restart within about 2 hours it wouldn't. Acted like it did when the clutch pedal thingy went out. So how can I "jump" that little switch to test if it's gone bad already or if it's working properly. It's a 2 wire plug. I tried putting a short piece of speaker wire into each end to make a connection but that didn't work. Any suggestions? I don't want to go buying new parts and not fix it.