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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. In the Book of Job from the Bible, what does God do to test Job's faith?
(a) He takes away everything Job has.
(b) He makes him sick.
(c) He gives him good health.
(d) He kills Job.

2. Morrie always embraced aging, because it also means something else. What did Morrie compare aging with?
(a) Death.
(b) Ugliness.
(c) Growth.
(d) Ignorance.

3. Why did Morrie not want to be in his thirties anymore?
(a) Because he liked to be old.
(b) Because he thought people in their thirties were stupid.
(c) Because his time to be in his thirties had come and gone.
(d) Because he didn't like it when he was in his thirties.

4. What did Morrie call Mitch on this final Tuesday?
(a) His dear friend.
(b) His dear son.
(c) His dear visitor.
(d) His dear student.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only new thing that had been added to Morrie's study on the eighth Tuesday visit?

2. On the eleventh Tuesday, what did Morrie claim is a major problem in society?

3. When Mitch asked Morrie why so many people always wish they were young again, what did Morrie answer?

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

5. What do people in the hospital do when somebody dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the important issues in life, according to Morrie?

3. One of Morrie's first jobs was at a mental institution outside of Washington D.C. What did he do there?

4. Morrie called the third interview with Nightline a compromise. Why?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. What was the bleak truth about Morrie not being able to wipe his own behind anymore by the time of the third Nightline interview?

10. How do readers know that Brandeis college was a hotbed for cultural activism?

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