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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrie and Mitch talk about on the twelfth Tuesday?
(a) Gratefulness.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Pain.

2. At the end of the interview, Koppel asked if there was anything Morrie would like to say to the millions of people watching. What did Morrie tell them?
(a) To talk to one another.
(b) To hate one another.
(c) To love one another.
(d) To hug each other.

3. What does Charlotte tell Mitch when she called him the Monday before his fourteenth visit with Morrie?
(a) That Morrie was very weak.
(b) That she didn't want him to come visit.
(c) That Morrie died.
(d) That Morrie didn't want to see him anymore.

4. In Chapter Nineteen, Mitch tries to call his brother. Where does his brother live?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Canada.
(d) Spain.

5. On what day did Morrie's funeral take place?
(a) On a Tuesday.
(b) On a Saturday.
(c) On a Sunday.
(d) On a Monday.

6. On the thirteenth Tuesday, Morrie told Mitch about an amazing feeling he had had the night before. What was the amazing feeling?
(a) Being able to smile again.
(b) Being able to accept people's advise.
(c) Being able to breath again.
(d) Being able to accept death.

7. What do people in the hospital do when somebody dies?
(a) They spray the body and remove it.
(b) They cremate the body.
(c) They bury the body.
(d) They cover the body with a sheet and remove it.

8. On this eleventh Tuesday, Morrie and Mitch did something else while they talk. What did they do?
(a) They cried.
(b) They held hands.
(c) They hugged.
(d) They ate.

9. At one point on this sixth Tuesday, Morrie was half choking. What did Mitch do to save his professor?
(a) He hugged Morrie.
(b) He called for Charlotte.
(c) He called a doctor.
(d) He smacked Morrie on the back.

10. Why was Mitch angry at his younger brother?
(a) Because his brother didn't love him.
(b) Because he is his brother.
(c) Because he didn't allow Mitch to help him.
(d) Because he left for Europe.

11. Mitch has a younger brother who got sick. What kind of disease did his brother have?
(a) Lou Gehrig's disease.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Aids.
(d) Alzheimers disease.

12. What did Morrie wish he had done more during his life?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Talk to people.
(c) Dance.
(d) Publish books.

13. What does the media make people believe, according to Morrie?
(a) That more is stupid.
(b) That more is good.
(c) That more is sad.
(d) That more is bad.

14. What did Morrie say he would do when he's dead and Mitch talked to him at his grave site?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Listen.
(c) Understand.
(d) Laugh.

15. Why did Mitch still bring food for Morrie on the fourteenth Tuesday?
(a) Because the fridge was empty.
(b) Because it was a tradition.
(c) Because Morrie liked eating.
(d) Because Mitch liked eating with Morrie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrie do when the sociology department learned that male students who don't keep their grades up could lose their draft deferment?

2. During the third interview, Morrie told Ted Koppel that the disease could have his body, but what was the disease not allowed to get?

3. When did Morrie stop breathing?

4. When Morrie was a child, his father would take his evening paper outside and read it. Where would he sit when he read his evening paper?

5. Morrie learned to enjoy being dependent and being treated by others. What did he compare this feeling to?

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