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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. Who did Charlotte invite to the funeral?
(a) Family and a few good friends.
(b) All of Morrie's colleagues.
(c) All of Morrie's students.
(d) Hundreds of people.

2. On the eighth Tuesday, Morrie and Mitch talked about money and values. What is, according to Morrie, the result of people valuing the wrong thing?
(a) They lead rich lives.
(b) They lead disillusioned lives.
(c) They are happy.
(d) The don't care about anything.

3. Mitch asked what Morrie would do if he was granted one more perfectly healthy day. What would Morrie have done?
(a) He would sleep all day.
(b) The things he would normally do when he was still healthy.
(c) He would do something he always wanted to do and never did before.
(d) He would try to change the world.

4. In the tenth Tuesday meeting, what did Morrie compare marriage to?
(a) A disease.
(b) An accomplishment.
(c) A drug.
(d) A test.

5. On the sixth Tuesday, Morrie's health was deteriorating fast and he talked to Mitch about his scariest feelings. What was he scared of at that point?
(a) That he wouldn't be able to talk to Mitch anymore.
(b) That he wouldn't be able to walk.
(c) That he wouldn't be able to eat anymore.
(d) That he wouldn't be able to take another breath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morrie want to happen to his body when he died?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. Why did Morrie not want to be in his thirties anymore?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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