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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Morrie's disease was progressing and Mitch had to touch Morrie more and more to adjust the microphone. How did Morrie feel about that physical contact?
(a) He hated it.
(b) He was embarrassed.
(c) He didn't think anything about it.
(d) He enjoyed it.

2. 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 family.
(b) His money.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His spirit.

3. 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 accept death.
(d) Being able to smile again.

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

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

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

7. 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 wiped Morrie's backside.
(d) He massaged Morrie's feet with lotion.

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

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

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

11. What did Morrie do more by "The Audiovisual, Part 3" once his body had deteriorated and he was so close to death?
(a) Read mail.
(b) Read the paper.
(c) Watch the news.
(d) Listen to music.

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

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

14. What do people in the hospital do when somebody dies?
(a) They spray the body and remove it.
(b) They cremate the body.
(c) They bury the body.
(d) They cover the body with a sheet and remove it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Morrie meet his wife?

2. Why was Mitch angry at his younger brother?

3. 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?

4. When Mitch visited Morrie the fourteenth Tuesday, how did the nurse feel?

5. Where did Mitch find Morrie when he was ready to see him on this fourteenth Tuesday?

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