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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. What did Morrie want his tombstone to read?

2. What did Morrie do more by "The Audiovisual, Part 3" once his body had deteriorated and he was so close to death?

3. When did Morrie stop breathing?

4. Why was Mitch angry at his younger brother?

5. During the third interview, Morrie told Ted Koppel that the disease could have his body, but what was the disease not allowed to get?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Morrie could not eat the food that Mitch still brought for him by the tenth Tuesday. Why did Mitch still bring food for Morrie?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mitch's priorities changed over the progress of the book. Describe the personal changes Mitch underwent through his time with Morrie. Please provide specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

During the course of the book, Morrie's biggest fear was not being able to wipe his own behind anymore. Why was this Morrie's biggest fear? Did his biggest fear materialize? How did he deal with it? What other fears did he have? How did the fear influence him?

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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