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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mitch find Morrie when he was ready to see him on this fourteenth Tuesday?
(a) In his chair.
(b) In his bed.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) On the toilet.

2. Why did so many students from Brandeis visit Morrie during his final days?
(a) Because they want to teach him now.
(b) Because they want to find out what it is like to die.
(c) Because they want the food from the fridge.
(d) Because they truly cared about Morrie and thought he was a special professor.

3. During the third interview, Morrie told Ted Koppel that the disease could have his body, but what was the disease not allowed to get?
(a) His money.
(b) His intelligence.
(c) His spirit.
(d) His family.

4. One of Morrie's first jobs was in a mental institution where he was supposed to just observe. Instead of just observing, what did he do?
(a) He pretended he was one of the patients.
(b) He befriended the patients.
(c) He pretended he was a doctor.
(d) He helped the nurses.

5. When Mitch asked Morrie why so many people always wish they were young again, what did Morrie answer?
(a) That it's a sign of an unfulfilled life.
(b) That it's a lack of intelligence.
(c) That it's because they are afraid to grow old.
(d) That it's a sign of being immature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the topic for the tenth Tuesday meeting?

2. On the tenth Tuesday, another person was involved in the conversation. Who?

3. Morrie always embraced aging, because it also means something else. What did Morrie compare aging with?

4. On this thirteenth Tuesday, what did Morrie compare his body with?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Nightline returned for a third and final time. Ted Koppel asked Morrie if, as he got closer to dying, he was more afraid. How did Morrie respond?

2. Does Mitch ever hear Morrie's voice when he is alone?

3. On the tenth Tuesday, Janine joined Mitch on his visit to Morrie. Janine sang a song for Morrie. How did Morrie react?

4. Morrie and Charlotte had discussed Morrie's cremation with the rabbi at the university who would preside over Morrie's memorial service. At one point the rabbi was shocked. Why?

5. What did Morrie's family do when he lapsed into a coma?

6. Morrie's wife Charlotte called Mitch the Monday before the fourteenth Tuesday. Why?

7. What did Morrie tell Mitch about family on the fifth Tuesday?

8. When the OJ Simpson verdict was showing on television, what was everybody doing?

9. Who belongs to Mitch's family?

10. According to Morrie, who was responsible for the brainwashing taking place all over the country and what is the result?

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