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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the topic for the tenth Tuesday meeting?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Love.

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

5. When Mitch visited Morrie on the seventh Tuesday, Morrie had finally lost one of the only battles he dreaded. What is Morrie not able to do anymore?
(a) Talk.
(b) Wipe his behind.
(c) Breath.
(d) Walk around.

6. On the eleventh Tuesday, what did Morrie claim is a major problem in society?
(a) That people are quicker to see their gains than their losses.
(b) That people are quicker to see their mistakes than their accomplishments.
(c) That people are quicker to see their differences than their similarities.
(d) That people are quicker to see their similarities than their differences.

7. Morrie began teaching at Brandeis in the late 1950's. There, the sociology department was heavily involved in which movement?
(a) The friendship movement.
(b) The antiwar movement.
(c) The communist movement.
(d) The antipolitics movement.

8. What is the reason, according to Morrie, that people always want something new?
(a) Because they don't like to buy used things.
(b) Because they are hungry for love.
(c) Because they are hungry for burgers.
(d) Because they don't want to look poor.

9. On this fifth Tuesday, what did Morrie say is the foundation of everything?
(a) Health.
(b) Money.
(c) Family.
(d) Friends.

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

11. Mitch has a younger brother who got sick. What kind of disease did his brother have?
(a) Aids.
(b) Alzheimers disease.
(c) Lou Gehrig's disease.
(d) Cancer.

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

13. On what day did Morrie's funeral take place?
(a) On a Saturday.
(b) On a Sunday.
(c) On a Monday.
(d) On a Tuesday.

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

15. 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 kills Job.
(c) He gives him good health.
(d) He makes him sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Morrie stop breathing?

2. What did Mitch initially feel when Morrie confessed that if he'd had another son, he would have wanted Mitch to be him?

3. What did Morrie answer when Mitch asked him if he could live his life over, would he would have children again?

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

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?

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