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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mitch didn't like to deal with his feelings. How did he avoid dealing with his feelings?
(a) He hid behind his work.
(b) He went for a ride in his car.
(c) He talked about other things.
(d) He visited Morrie.

3. At Morrie's funeral, Mitch tried out an imaginary conversation in his head. How did it feel?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Funny.
(c) Weird.
(d) Natural.

4. When Mitch visited Morrie the fourteenth Tuesday, how did the nurse feel?
(a) She was upset.
(b) She was sick.
(c) She was happy.
(d) She wanted to leave.

5. On the ninth Tuesday, Morrie's condition was rapidly deteriorating, but he had a new saying. What was his new saying?
(a) "When you eat, you cheat."
(b) "When you can't walk, you talk."
(c) "When you're in bed, you're dead."
(d) "When you're in bed, you're ahead."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Mitch has a younger brother who got sick. What kind of disease did his brother have?

4. What happened to Morrie two days before he died?

5. Why did Morrie still want to hear about other people's problems, even though he was dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the bleak truth about Morrie not being able to wipe his own behind anymore by the time of the third Nightline interview?

2. On the eleventh Tuesday, Mitch smacked Morrie on his back. Why did he do that?

3. What do people need to forgive themselves for, according to Morrie?

4. On the twelfth Tuesday, Morrie talked about a good friend whom he never forgave and regretted it. What happened back then?

5. Why did Mitch finally cry, this last Tuesday?

6. When the OJ Simpson verdict was showing on television, what was everybody doing?

7. How do readers know that Brandeis college was a hotbed for cultural activism?

8. According to Morrie, who was responsible for the brainwashing taking place all over the country and what is the result?

9. What did Morrie reply when Mitch asked him whether he was ever afraid of growing old?

10. Who belongs to Mitch's family?

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