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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrie and Mitch talk about on the twelfth Tuesday?

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

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?

4. Mitch didn't like to deal with his feelings. How did he avoid dealing with his feelings?

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

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

3. Morrie could not eat the food that Mitch still brought for him by the tenth Tuesday. Why did Mitch still bring food for Morrie?

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

5. 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?

6. What did Morrie reply when Mitch asked him whether he was ever afraid of growing old?

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

8. Why did Morrie stop eating the food that Mitch brought?

9. On the eleventh Tuesday, Mitch smacked Morrie on his back. Why did he do that?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Morrie threw himself a living funeral. Talk about this concept and describe Morrie's living funeral. Explain why he wanted to throw this funeral.

Essay Topic 2

Mitch was surprised by the fact that Morrie still watched the news while he was sick. How did Morrie feel when and after he watched the news? Why did he watch the news, and why was Mitch surprised by that? Explain Morrie's thoughts and emotions.

Essay Topic 3

In the fall of 1994, Morrie Schwartz taught his last course at Brandeis. What was special about that class? What did Morrie mean by the statement that he would understand if anyone wanted to drop the course? Please expand upon the theme represented by this final class, and the effect Morrie's statement about dropping the class had on students.

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