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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 wish he had done more during his life?
(a) Talk to people.
(b) Publish books.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Dance.

2. What did Morrie want to happen to his body when he died?
(a) He wanted it to be buried.
(b) He wanted it to be frozen.
(c) He wanted it to be used for experiments.
(d) He wanted it to be cremated.

3. When would Morrie not be able to talk anymore?
(a) When he didn't want to talk anymore.
(b) When the disease hit his liver.
(c) When he was too tired.
(d) When the disease hit his lungs.

4. During the third interview, Morrie told Ted Koppel that the disease could have his body, but what was the disease not allowed to get?
(a) His money.
(b) His spirit.
(c) His family.
(d) His intelligence.

5. 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?
(a) He pretended he was one of the patients.
(b) He helped the nurses.
(c) He befriended the patients.
(d) He pretended he was a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Morrie learned to enjoy being dependent and being treated by others. What did he compare this feeling to?

2. What did Morrie do more by "The Audiovisual, Part 3" once his body had deteriorated and he was so close to death?

3. Why did so many students from Brandeis visit Morrie during his final days?

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

5. According to Morrie, what allows a person to be on the same level as everyone else?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who belongs to Mitch's family?

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

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

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

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

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

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