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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 shirt did Morrie wear on the day of his third interview with Nightline?
(a) The same shirt as the day before.
(b) His favorite shirt.
(c) The same shirt as the previous interview.
(d) The same shirt as the week before.

2. What are some of the things Mitch did to fight his aging?
(a) He wore clothes that made him look younger.
(b) He used anti-wrinkle cream and shaved every day.
(c) He worked out and watched his diet.
(d) He went to the hairdresser a lot.

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

4. What did Morrie wish he had done more during his life?
(a) Talk to people.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Dance.
(d) Publish books.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Morrie, what is the biggest defect humans being have?

2. What did Morrie do when the sociology department learned that male students who don't keep their grades up could lose their draft deferment?

3. On this eleventh Tuesday, Morrie and Mitch did something else while they talk. What did they do?

4. On the sixth Tuesday, Mitch discovered that Morrie's fridge is full of food that he brought for his professor. Why did Morrie not eat the food Mitch brought?

5. Morrie believed in reincarnation. How did he want to come back?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Morrie initially embarrassed when he couldn't wipe his own behind anymore? What did he do next?

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