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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. According to Morrie, what allows a person to be on the same level as everyone else?
(a) An open house.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) An open heart.
(d) Money.

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

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

4. Morrie began teaching at Brandeis in the late 1950's. There, the sociology department was heavily involved in which movement?
(a) The antipolitics movement.
(b) The friendship movement.
(c) The antiwar movement.
(d) The communist movement.

5. In Chapter Nineteen, Mitch tries to call his brother. Where does his brother live?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Italy.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Morrie call Mitch on this final Tuesday?

3. On the ninth Tuesday, Morrie's condition was rapidly deteriorating, but he had a new saying. What was his new saying?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Morrie could not eat the food that Mitch still brought for him by the tenth Tuesday. Why did Mitch still bring food for Morrie?

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

3. What did Morrie's family do when he lapsed into a coma?

4. 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?

5. Why did Mitch finally cry, this last 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 tenth Tuesday, Janine joined Mitch on his visit to Morrie. Janine sang a song for Morrie. How did Morrie react?

8. Why was Morrie initially embarrassed when he couldn't wipe his own behind anymore? What did he do next?

9. In the chapter "The Sixth Tuesday", one of Morrie's coughing spells is described in detail. What happened and how did Mitch react?

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

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