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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Morrie say he would do when he's dead and Mitch talked to him at his grave site?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Understand.
(c) Listen.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

4. 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) The don't care about anything.
(c) They lead rich lives.
(d) They lead disillusioned lives.

5. What did Morrie do when the sociology department learned that male students who don't keep their grades up could lose their draft deferment?
(a) He proposed giving them all A's.
(b) He proposed leaving Brandeis.
(c) He proposed a toast.
(d) He proposed closing the department.

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

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

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

9. 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 called for Charlotte.
(c) He called a doctor.
(d) He smacked Morrie on the back.

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

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

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

13. 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 talking to Mitch.
(c) He was sitting on the toilet.
(d) He was going for a walk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does society start to go bad, according to Morrie?

2. When did Morrie stop breathing?

3. According to Morrie, what allows a person to be on the same level as everyone else?

4. According to Morrie, when do you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it?

5. In Chapter Nineteen, Mitch tries to call his brother. Where does his brother live?

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