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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 and Mitch talk about the third Tuesday?

2. Which gift did the narrator present his favorite professor after the graduation ceremony?

3. Why was Mitch unaware of Schwartz's illness?

4. After the third Tuesday, Mitch recalled his senior year in college, where he undertook an honor's thesis. What did he write about in this thesis?

5. From which university did the narrator graduate?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In "The Curriculum", Mitch describes his former professor's last class. What happened in that class?

3. What was absent during the old professor's last class?

4. In the second interview with Ted Koppel on Nightline, Morrie said he gives to people. How did Morrie give to people?

5. Morrie told Mitch that if he accepted he could die any day, he would probably do some things differently. What did Morrie think Mitch would do differently?

6. How did Morrie begin the conversation about death on the fourth Tuesday?

7. When he was a student, what was Mitch's first thought when he walked into Morrie's classroom for the first time?

8. What was Mitch's reaction to his uncle's death?

9. What happened during Morrie's childhood?

10. What happened when Morrie threw himself a "living funeral"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Three times, Morrie is interviewed by Ted Koppel for the TV show Nightline. Do you think the interviews made an impression on the people watching? Why do you think that? How did the tone of the interviews change and why?

Essay Topic 2

Morrie talked about how he wanted to die and how he definitely didn't want to die. Explain Morrie's thoughts about his own death. Describe what he wanted to happen with his body and grave site. What did he want Mitch to do after he's dead, and why?

Essay Topic 3

In the book you get a good feel for the deterioration of Morrie's body and how the disease evolves. Give an overview of how Morrie's disease progressed, from the moment he was diagnosed to the moment of his death. Think about how Morrie dealt with his disease and how he reacted towards his declining health.

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