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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. On this eleventh Tuesday, Morrie and Mitch did something else while they talk. What did they do?
(a) They cried.
(b) They held hands.
(c) They ate.
(d) They hugged.

2. Morrie learned to enjoy being dependent and being treated by others. What did he compare this feeling to?
(a) He felt healthy again.
(b) He felt like a baby again.
(c) He felt like an adult.
(d) He felt like a teenager again.

3. Why did Morrie never tell Mitch that he didn't eat the food he brought?
(a) Because he didn't like the food.
(b) Because he didn't want to hurt Mitch's feelings.
(c) Because he wanted to hurt Mitch's feelings.
(d) Because he could not talk anymore.

4. 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) The truth.
(b) A laugh.
(c) No answer.
(d) A lie.

5. Why did Morrie not want to be in his thirties anymore?
(a) Because his time to be in his thirties had come and gone.
(b) Because he didn't like it when he was in his thirties.
(c) Because he liked to be old.
(d) Because he thought people in their thirties were stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does society start to go bad, according to Morrie?

2. What did Morrie and Mitch talk about on the twelfth Tuesday?

3. On this fifth Tuesday, what did Morrie say is the foundation of everything?

4. 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?

5. What did Mitch initially feel when Morrie confessed that if he'd had another son, he would have wanted Mitch to be him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. On the tenth Tuesday, Janine joined Mitch on his visit to Morrie. Janine sang a song for Morrie. How did Morrie react?

3. 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?

4. Nightline returned for a third and final time. Ted Koppel asked Morrie if, as he got closer to dying, he was more afraid. How did Morrie respond?

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

6. Morrie called the third interview with Nightline a compromise. Why?

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

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

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

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

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