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WorksheetsTuesdays with Morrie (The Curriculum-The Classroom pages 1-40)
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Mitch attended which of the following Universities of higher education?
Brandeis
Boston College
Mercyhurst University
Yale University
What nickname did Mitch give Morrie?
Teach
Pal
Coach
Buddy
What did Mitch give to Morrie before he graduated from Brandeis?
A gift certificate
A briefcase
A really nice planner
A cowboy hat
Why did Mitch leave Morrie waiting on his very first visit to his house?
Mitch left Morrie waiting because he was finishing up some work, and he didn’t want to end the phone call.
Mitch left Morrie waiting because his plane was late coming into the airport.
Mitch left Morrie waiting because he got lost on the way to the house.
Mitch left Morrie waiting because he's a jerk.
Morrie shows Mitch a little thing called “the lung test”. What is the purpose of the“lung test”?
It determines how loud a person can yell.
It is a trick Morrie has devised that will help a person be able to hold his/her breath longer.
This test shows the lung capacity that someone has left. For Morrie, it signifies that his lungs are getting weaker.
It shows how well you can whistle.
What point of view was the story told from?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person onisient
3rd person omnipresent
How is a flashback signified in the book?
italics
in parenthesis
always gives a date
What genre would this book fit into?
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Nonfiction
Historical Fiction
This is the name for the location of the pages that a chapter starts on.
Index
Table of Contents
Glossary
Appendix
What figurative language is in the following? "People see me as a bridge. I'm not as alive as I use to be, but I am not yet dead (Albom, 32-33)."
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
What was Morrie's last name?
Smith
Schwartz
Povich
Koppel
How long did the doctors predict Morrie had left to live?
6 months
1 year
2 years
3 years
What was the name of the ABC-TV "Nightline" host?
Fred Koppel
Dan Rather
Ted Koppel
Connie Chung
Morrie is the _____________.
professor
student
Mitch is the ___________.
professor
student
Before feeling the early symptoms of ALS, Morrie loved to _________________.
sing
run
dance
make Tik Toks
Morrie decides to have a _________________ before he dies.
"living funeral"
baby
dance party
giant chocolate cake
What career path did Mitch ultimately pursue?
acting
music
journalism
medicine
Why was Morrie initially unsure about the interview with Ted Koppel?
He worried Ted was too young.
He worried Ted was too old.
He worried Ted was too much of a narcissist.
He worried Ted was too religious.
Morrie's philosophy was that death should not be __________.
easy
sad
painful
embarrassing
Morrie’s disease affects
muscles
bones
nerves
hearing
Mitch nicknames Morrie
Professor
Mr. S
Coach
Pop
When Mitch reunites with Morrie for the first time, how long has it been since they last saw each other?
10 years
20 years
16 years
6 years
What "excuse" does Mitch give for why he had not been to visit his professor in 16 years?
he had completely forgotten all about Morrie
he was busy getting married & starting a family
he was too wrapped up in his own life, busy chasing a bigger paycheck
he was away at college getting his master's degree in journalism
Other than dying, what does Morrie say is something else to be sad about?
living unhappily
living without being in a relationship
living in debt
living without traveling the world
Morrie tells Mitch that he is eventually going to die by __________.
choking
suffocation
heart attack
stroke
During Mitch's reunion with Morrie, what does Morrie try and fail to do, illustrating that his death is imminent?
hold his breath
play the piano
jog around the block
lift a small weight
In his description of his time with Morrie, Albom compares the weekly meetings to ___.
a class
a trial
a movie
a journey
The subject of the professor's last "class" with Morrie on Tuesdays was ?
how to live your best life
becoming the person you want to be
how to live with ALS
the meaning of life
In his graduation flashback, Albom remembers Morrie calling him "a very special boy," a compliment that made him feel ___.
proud
curious
embarrassed
ashamed
In the section titled "The Syllabus," Albom reveals that Morrie was diagnosed in the summer of 1994 with what terminal illness?
Multiple Sclerosis
Alzheimers Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Non Hodgkins Lymphoma
What "melting" object does Mitch compare Morrie's disease to?
snowball
wax figure
ice cream cone
candle
When Morrie realizes he has about 2 years left to live, he makes the decision to . . ?
make the best of his time left
he would not wither
he would not be ashamed of dying
all of the above
What does Morrie decide to do after he attends one of his former colleague's funerals?
try a new experimental drug for ALS
have a living funeral
be cremated instead of a burial
not have a funeral at all
What event in Mitch's life causes him to "change his life" and go back to college and become a journalist?
the death of his favorite uncle
hearing the news about Morrie's illness
he was getting rejected as a musician
after he re-unites with Morrie
What was Mitch's dream after college and what instrument did he play?
become a sports writer- guitar
become a baseball player-drums
become a famous musician-piano
become a college professor- saxophone
In his interview with Ted Koppel, what does Morrie tell Koppel he dreds the most ?
"One day someone is going to have to wipe my a__"
"I won't be alive to see my grandchildren grow up"
"No one will remember me after I'm gone"
"Not making a difference in the lives of my students"
