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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. At one point on this sixth Tuesday, Morrie was half choking. What did Mitch do to save his professor?
(a) He smacked Morrie on the back.
(b) He called for Charlotte.
(c) He called a doctor.
(d) He hugged Morrie.

2. What is the only new thing that had been added to Morrie's study on the eighth Tuesday visit?
(a) A fridge.
(b) Medical equipment.
(c) Some furniture.
(d) Friends.

3. What did Morrie call Mitch on this final Tuesday?
(a) His dear son.
(b) His dear friend.
(c) His dear visitor.
(d) His dear student.

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

5. When did Morrie stop breathing?
(a) When Morrie was standing next to his bed.
(b) The first time that he was completely alone since falling into the coma.
(c) When his family was around him.
(d) When his friends were around him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the media make people believe, according to Morrie?

2. When Mitch visited Morrie on the seventh Tuesday, Morrie had finally lost one of the only battles he dreaded. What is Morrie not able to do anymore?

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

4. What was Morrie doing while the rest of the world was watching the OJ Simpson verdict on TV?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do people need to forgive themselves for, according to Morrie?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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