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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 had to go to the bathroom a lot.
(b) Because he was sneezing a lot.
(c) Because he wanted to talk to his wife.
(d) Because he was coughing a lot.

2. One of Morrie's first jobs was in a mental institution where he was supposed to just observe. Instead of just observing, what did he do?
(a) He helped the nurses.
(b) He befriended the patients.
(c) He pretended he was one of the patients.
(d) He pretended he was a doctor.

3. 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 eat anymore.
(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 walk.

4. At one point on this sixth Tuesday, Morrie was half choking. What did Mitch do to save his professor?
(a) He hugged Morrie.
(b) He smacked Morrie on the back.
(c) He called for Charlotte.
(d) He called a doctor.

5. In the Book of Job from the Bible, what does God do to test Job's faith?
(a) He makes him sick.
(b) He kills Job.
(c) He gives him good health.
(d) He takes away everything Job has.

6. 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 went to the hairdresser a lot.
(d) He used anti-wrinkle cream and shaved every day.

7. Who did Charlotte invite to the funeral?
(a) Hundreds of people.
(b) All of Morrie's colleagues.
(c) All of Morrie's students.
(d) Family and a few good friends.

8. Mitch asked what Morrie would do if he was granted one more perfectly healthy day. What would Morrie have done?
(a) He would try to change the world.
(b) He would sleep all day.
(c) The things he would normally do when he was still healthy.
(d) He would do something he always wanted to do and never did before.

9. What happened to Morrie two days before he died?
(a) He smiled.
(b) He had a bad dream.
(c) He lapsed into a coma.
(d) He wiped his own behind.

10. What was Morrie doing while the rest of the world was watching the OJ Simpson verdict on TV?
(a) He was talking to Mitch.
(b) He was eating.
(c) He was sitting on the toilet.
(d) He was going for a walk.

11. When did Morrie meet his wife?
(a) When he was sick.
(b) When he was a kid.
(c) When he was a student.
(d) When he was a professor.

12. What did Morrie want his tombstone to read?
(a) "Alive until the end."
(b) "The best teacher ever."
(c) "A teacher to the last."
(d) "Death by disease."

13. When did Morrie stop breathing?
(a) When his family was around him.
(b) When Morrie was standing next to his bed.
(c) The first time that he was completely alone since falling into the coma.
(d) When his friends were around him.

14. When did Morrie want Mitch to start forgiving?
(a) Next Tuesday.
(b) Never.
(c) Now.
(d) When he was dying.

15. 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 died.
(c) That she didn't want him to come visit.
(d) That Morrie was very weak.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the sixth Tuesday, Mitch discovered that Morrie's fridge is full of food that he brought for his professor. Why did Morrie not eat the food Mitch brought?

2. Who gathered at Morrie's bedside the days before he died?

3. Why did Morrie never tell Mitch that he didn't eat the food he brought?

4. According to Morrie, death ends a life. What does it not end?

5. What shirt did Morrie wear on the day of his third interview with Nightline?

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