View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mitch's new job after finishing school again?
(a) Musician.
(b) Sports writer.
(c) Professor.
(d) Travel writer.

2. What did Mitch continue to rack up with his job?
(a) Professional accomplishments.
(b) Real happiness.
(c) A lot of fun.
(d) Another wife.

3. Because it was inevitable, Morrie planed to deal with the fact that somebody would have to wipe his backside in the future. How did he plan to deal with this?
(a) He would pretend he didnn't feel it.
(b) He would die before this had to happen.
(c) He would pretend to be an animal.
(d) He would pretend to be a baby again.

4. In the last year of his life, Morrie threw himself a "living funeral". Why?
(a) To make sure his friends and family knew his love for them.
(b) To say goodbye to everybody.
(c) To dance one more time.
(d) To enjoy drinking and eating with friends.

5. The phone rang a lot during Mitch and Morrie's first visit. Why did Morrie have his nurse take all the messages?
(a) He didn't want people calling him.
(b) He was too sick to pick up the phone himself.
(c) He didn't want his time with Mitch being interrupted.
(d) He was too lazy to pick up the phone himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the second Tuesday meeting, Mitch had a flashback to his junior year in college, when Morrie performed an experiment with the students. What did the professor want each student to do?

2. After reading about horrific crimes and intolerable cruelty in the newspaper, Mitch showed a kind gesture towards Morrie. What did he do?

3. Why did it bother Morrie that one day someone else would have to wipe his behind?

4. On that first visit, why did Mitch stay in his car instead of jumping out and greeting his mentor?

5. In "The Orientation", Mitch gave Morrie a nickname. What is Morrie's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mitch discover when he got back to Detroit from London, and what was the result of this discovery?

2. What did Morrie answer when Mitch asked him if he felts sorry for himself?

3. In the second interview with Ted Koppel on Nightline, Morrie said he gives to people. How did Morrie give to people?

4. What were Morrie's suspicions about his disease?

5. Provide a few of Mitch's professional accomplishments.

6. When he was a student, what was Mitch's first thought when he walked into Morrie's classroom for the first time?

7. In relation to his hobby, what was one of the highlights in Morrie's life?

8. Morrie told Mitch that if he accepted he could die any day, he would probably do some things differently. What did Morrie think Mitch would do differently?

9. When Mitch drove his rental car down Morrie's street for the first time, he did a few things at the same time. What was he doing?

10. How did Morrie begin the conversation about death on the fourth Tuesday?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 954 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample