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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Morrie's nights were getting difficult by the sixth tuesday visit. He was awake a lot. Why?
(a) Because he was coughing a lot.
(b) Because he wanted to talk to his wife.
(c) Because he was sneezing a lot.
(d) Because he had to go to the bathroom a lot.

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

3. 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 hug each other.
(b) To love one another.
(c) To talk to one another.
(d) To hate one another.

4. What did Morrie want to happen to his body when he died?
(a) He wanted it to be used for experiments.
(b) He wanted it to be buried.
(c) He wanted it to be frozen.
(d) He wanted it to be cremated.

5. On the tenth Tuesday, another person was involved in the conversation. Who?
(a) Morrie's son.
(b) Mitch's brother.
(c) Morrie's wife.
(d) Mitch's wife.

6. When would Morrie not be able to talk anymore?
(a) When the disease hit his lungs.
(b) When the disease hit his liver.
(c) When he didn't want to talk anymore.
(d) When he was too tired.

7. What did Morrie answer when Mitch asked him if he could live his life over, would he would have children again?
(a) That he wished he had more children.
(b) That Mitch should have children as well.
(c) That he didn't like the experience.
(d) That he wouldn't have missed the experience for anything

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

9. On the eighth Tuesday, Morrie and Mitch talked about money and values. What is, according to Morrie, the result of people valuing the wrong thing?
(a) They are happy.
(b) They lead disillusioned lives.
(c) They lead rich lives.
(d) The don't care about anything.

10. 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?
(a) On a bench.
(b) On a tree trunk.
(c) In his car.
(d) In the grass.

11. On the sixth Tuesday, Morrie's health was deteriorating fast and he talked to Mitch about his scariest feelings. What was he scared of at that point?
(a) That he wouldn't be able to walk.
(b) That he wouldn't be able to take another breath.
(c) That he wouldn't be able to talk to Mitch anymore.
(d) That he wouldn't be able to eat anymore.

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

13. On this thirteenth Tuesday, what did Morrie compare his body with?
(a) A grave.
(b) An animal.
(c) A shell.
(d) A box.

14. What is the only new thing that had been added to Morrie's study on the eighth Tuesday visit?
(a) Some furniture.
(b) A fridge.
(c) Medical equipment.
(d) Friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrie say he would do when he's dead and Mitch talked to him at his grave site?

2. How did Mitch help Morrie out on the twelfth Tuesday?

3. What are some of the things Mitch did to fight his aging?

4. What does Charlotte tell Mitch when she called him the Monday before his fourteenth visit with Morrie?

5. What did Morrie call the weekly conversations between him and Mitch?

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