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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. When Mitch asked Morrie why so many people always wish they were young again, what did Morrie answer?
(a) That it's because they are afraid to grow old.
(b) That it's a sign of being immature.
(c) That it's a sign of an unfulfilled life.
(d) That it's a lack of intelligence.

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

3. What is the reason, according to Morrie, that people always want something new?
(a) Because they are hungry for burgers.
(b) Because they are hungry for love.
(c) Because they don't like to buy used things.
(d) Because they don't want to look poor.

4. What is the only new thing that had been added to Morrie's study on the eighth Tuesday visit?
(a) Medical equipment.
(b) Some furniture.
(c) Friends.
(d) A fridge.

5. When Ted Koppel asked Morrie about his previous comments about someone having to wipe his backside for him, what did he get instead of humor?
(a) A lie.
(b) The truth.
(c) No answer.
(d) A laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Morrie's nights were getting difficult by the sixth tuesday visit. He was awake a lot. Why?

2. In the tenth Tuesday meeting, what did Morrie compare marriage to?

3. What did Morrie say he would do when he's dead and Mitch talked to him at his grave site?

4. Why did Mitch still bring food for Morrie on the fourteenth Tuesday?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Morrie and Charlotte had discussed Morrie's cremation with the rabbi at the university who would preside over Morrie's memorial service. At one point the rabbi was shocked. Why?

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

3. Does Mitch ever hear Morrie's voice when he is alone?

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

5. What did Morrie tell Mitch about family on the fifth Tuesday?

6. One of Morrie's first jobs was at a mental institution outside of Washington D.C. What did he do there?

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

8. When Mitch looked around Morrie's home, he saw a certain kind of wealth that had nothing to do with money. How had Morrie's house become a very wealthy home after his disease got diagnosed?

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

10. How did Mitch realize the funeral was happening on a Tuesday?

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