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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 was the topic for the tenth Tuesday meeting?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Love.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Marriage.

2. Mitch has a younger brother who got sick. What kind of disease did his brother have?
(a) Alzheimers disease.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Lou Gehrig's disease.
(d) Aids.

3. Morrie's nights were getting difficult by the sixth tuesday visit. He was awake a lot. Why?
(a) Because he was sneezing a lot.
(b) Because he was coughing a lot.
(c) Because he wanted to talk to his wife.
(d) Because he had to go to the bathroom a lot.

4. Who gathered at Morrie's bedside the days before he died?
(a) Mitch.
(b) His family.
(c) His colleagues.
(d) His friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When would Morrie not be able to talk anymore?

2. What is the only new thing that had been added to Morrie's study on the eighth Tuesday visit?

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

4. Mitch didn't like to deal with his feelings. How did he avoid dealing with his feelings?

5. Morrie believed in reincarnation. How did he want to come back?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Morrie stop eating the food that Mitch brought?

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

10. 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?

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