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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The phone rang a lot during Mitch and Morrie's first visit. Why did Morrie have his nurse take all the messages?
2. What did Mitch bring for Morrie on this first Tuesday?
3. How long did Morrie feel sorry about himself each morning?
4. On the second Tuesday meeting, Mitch had a flashback to his junior year in college, when Morrie performed an experiment with the students. What did the professor want each student to do?
5. What is the name of the narrator's favorite university professor?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the second interview with Ted Koppel on Nightline, Morrie said he gives to people. How did Morrie give to people?
2. In "The Curriculum", Mitch describes his former professor's last class. What happened in that class?
3. When Mitch drove his rental car down Morrie's street for the first time, he did a few things at the same time. What was he doing?
4. How did Morrie come to being interviewed by Ted Koppel in the TV show Nightline?
5. What were Morrie's suspicions about his disease?
6. Why did Morrie not mind that Mitch recorded their conversations?
7. Morrie devoted all his time to the things and people he loved, but what was Mitch doing while in London?
8. When Mitch's college graduation ceremony was over, what did Mitch wonder after he gave his gift to Morrie?
9. What did Morrie answer when Mitch asked him if he felts sorry for himself?
10. How did Morrie begin the conversation about death on the fourth Tuesday?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Morrie threw himself a living funeral. Talk about this concept and describe Morrie's living funeral. Explain why he wanted to throw this funeral.
Essay Topic 2
Which individual in Tuesdays with Morrie did you connect with the most? Why? Compare and contrast yourself with this individual.
Essay Topic 3
When Mitch was a student and Morrie was his teacher, they were very close to each other. How can you tell their relationship was close? What did they do together? How can you describe their relationship? How did their relationship develop over the course of the book?
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