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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 is Janine's profession?
(a) A pianist.
(b) A dancer.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A singer.

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

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 lungs.
(c) When the disease hit his liver.
(d) When he was too tired.

4. What do people in the hospital do when somebody dies?
(a) They cremate the body.
(b) They cover the body with a sheet and remove it.
(c) They spray the body and remove it.
(d) They bury the body.

5. What does the media make people believe, according to Morrie?
(a) That more is stupid.
(b) That more is sad.
(c) That more is bad.
(d) That more is good.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Morrie wish he had done more during his life?

3. Why was Mitch angry at his younger brother?

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

5. What does Charlotte tell Mitch when she called him the Monday before his fourteenth visit with Morrie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. What did Morrie tell Mitch about family on the fifth Tuesday?

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

9. When Mitch looked around Morrie's home, he saw a certain kind of wealth that had nothing to do with money. How had Morrie's house become a very wealthy home after his disease got diagnosed?

10. What did Morrie reply when Mitch asked him whether he was ever afraid of growing old?

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