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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. 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 closing the department.
(b) He proposed giving them all A's.
(c) He proposed a toast.
(d) He proposed leaving Brandeis.

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?
(a) He was embarrassed.
(b) He enjoyed it.
(c) He didn't think anything about it.
(d) He hated it.

3. 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?
(a) When you're surrounded by people who say "Let's be friends."
(b) When you're surrounded by people who say "I want to share."
(c) When you're surrounded by people who say 'I want mine now,'
(d) When you're surrounded by people who say "I give you everything you want."

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

5. When did Morrie want Mitch to start forgiving?
(a) Never.
(b) Now.
(c) When he was dying.
(d) Next Tuesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the eleventh Tuesday, what did Morrie claim is a major problem in society?

2. One of Morrie's first jobs was in a mental institution where he was supposed to just observe. Instead of just observing, what did he do?

3. What do people in the hospital do when somebody dies?

4. How long did Morrie work in the mental institute?

5. What did Mitch finally do before he left Morrie for the last time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who belongs to Mitch's family?

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

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

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

6. What were the important issues in life, according to Morrie?

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

8. 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?

9. Morrie's wife Charlotte called Mitch the Monday before the fourteenth Tuesday. Why?

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

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