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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. Schwartz explains that learning to grieve for yourself is just as important as grieving for whom?
(a) Good friends.
(b) Close family members.
(c) Anyone else.
(d) Family pets.

2. What type of feelings will not go away because one is sick?
(a) Hope.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Anger and resentment.
(d) Love.

3. Schwartz explains that the caretaker should follow the sick person's ______.
(a) Daily schedule.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Initiative.
(d) Requests.

4. According to Schwartz, one must _____ the past but not forget it.
(a) Learn from.
(b) Dismiss.
(c) Relive.
(d) Focus on.

5. When Schwartz first learned of his sickness, what did he decide to start?
(a) Documenting his declining health.
(b) Informing others that he would survive this disease.
(c) A charity foundation.
(d) An annual blood drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Schwartz struggles most with loss of what natural body function?

2. Schwartz explains that focusing on _____ is not an effective form of grieving.

3. What method does Schwartz use to express his feelings about the progress of his disease?

4. In Chapter 5, Schwartz states that one must come to terms with whom?

5. In Chapter 4, Schwartz explains that one's feelings are going to become _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Using text from Chapter 4, discuss how Morrie explains contradictory feelings.

2. Explain the importance of dancing in the life of Schwartz, as explained in Chapter 2.

3. In Chapter 3, the importance of family and friends in relation to grief is explained. Discuss the connection.

4. The emotional patterns of illness are explained by Schwartz in Chapter 2. Explain the significance of these patterns.

5. In Chapter 2, Schwartz explains what will most likely occur when one's illness continues to become worse. Describe what will happen to one's emotions as the illness progresses.

6. Explain what Morrie describes as the most difficult concept to handle when in declining health.

7. In Chapter 2, how does Schwartz explain the importance of honesty?

8. In Chapter 3, both good grief and bad grief are explained by Morrie. Discuss the importance of both forms of grief, as they relate to Morrie's point of view.

9. Throughout Chapter 1, Schwartz talks about the importance of asking for help. Describe his reasoning behind the need for asking for help.

10. At the end of Chapter 1, Schwartz discusses the importance of one not becoming obsessed with one's illness. Explain his concept behind this idea.

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