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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mitch help Morrie out on the twelfth Tuesday?
(a) He took Morrie to the bathroom.
(b) He put suntan lotion on Morrie's body.
(c) He massaged Morrie's feet with lotion.
(d) He wiped Morrie's backside.

2. What did the teachers at Brandeis encourage the students to do in the late 1950's?
(a) To become active.
(b) To study harder.
(c) To be hippies.
(d) To be lazy.

3. In Chapter Nineteen, Mitch tries to call his brother. Where does his brother live?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Canada.

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

5. According to Morrie, death ends a life. What does it not end?
(a) An adventure.
(b) A fortune.
(c) A relationship.
(d) A disease.

6. In the tenth Tuesday meeting, what did Morrie compare marriage to?
(a) A drug.
(b) A disease.
(c) A test.
(d) An accomplishment.

7. What does Charlotte tell Mitch when she called him the Monday before his fourteenth visit with Morrie?
(a) That Morrie didn't want to see him anymore.
(b) That Morrie was very weak.
(c) That she didn't want him to come visit.
(d) That Morrie died.

8. What are some of the things Mitch did to fight his aging?
(a) He worked out and watched his diet.
(b) He wore clothes that made him look younger.
(c) He used anti-wrinkle cream and shaved every day.
(d) He went to the hairdresser a lot.

9. On the thirteenth Tuesday, Morrie told Mitch about an amazing feeling he had had the night before. What was the amazing feeling?
(a) Being able to accept people's advise.
(b) Being able to breath again.
(c) Being able to smile again.
(d) Being able to accept death.

10. When does society start to go bad, according to Morrie?
(a) When people are not rich.
(b) When people are threatened by something.
(c) When people are sick.
(d) When people realize they will die.

11. When Mitch visited Morrie the fourteenth Tuesday, how did the nurse feel?
(a) She was upset.
(b) She wanted to leave.
(c) She was happy.
(d) She was sick.

12. 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 spirit.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His family.

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

14. Why did Morrie still want to hear about other people's problems, even though he was dying?
(a) Because that was what made him feel intelligent.
(b) Because he wanted to solve all the problems in the world.
(c) Because he liked to hear about other people's problems.
(d) Because that's what made him feel alive.

15. How long did Morrie work in the mental institute?
(a) Three years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Five years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Morrie not want to be in his thirties anymore?

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

3. On this eleventh Tuesday, Morrie and Mitch did something else while they talk. What did they do?

4. What is the profession of Stephen Hawking?

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

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