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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. In the tenth Tuesday meeting, what did Morrie compare marriage to?
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. Why did Morrie still want to hear about other people's problems, even though he was dying?
4. What did Morrie and Mitch talk about on the twelfth Tuesday?
5. How did Mitch help Morrie out on the twelfth Tuesday?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do readers know that Brandeis college was a hotbed for cultural activism?
2. What did Morrie reply when Mitch asked him whether he was ever afraid of growing old?
3. Who belongs to Mitch's family?
4. Morrie's wife Charlotte called Mitch the Monday before the fourteenth Tuesday. Why?
5. Morrie could not eat the food that Mitch still brought for him by the tenth Tuesday. Why did Mitch still bring food for Morrie?
6. How did Mitch realize the funeral was happening on a Tuesday?
7. Does Mitch ever hear Morrie's voice when he is alone?
8. According to Morrie, who was responsible for the brainwashing taking place all over the country and what is the result?
9. Why did Mitch finally cry, this last Tuesday?
10. On the eleventh Tuesday, Mitch smacked Morrie on his back. Why did he do that?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Morrie had a terminal disease. He knew he was dying. How did Morrie deal with the fact that he was dying? If he had one more perfectly healthy day, how would he have spent that day?
Essay Topic 2
One Tuesday, Mitch read a newspaper while Morrie used the bathroom. What did Mitch read about? Describe his reaction afterward. What does this little episode tell you?
Essay Topic 3
Morrie threw himself a living funeral. Talk about this concept and describe Morrie's living funeral. Explain why he wanted to throw this funeral.
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