Basically the Basics
The illness that kills Morrie
ALS
Morrie's profession
Professor (of Sociology)
#17A. On page 131, Morrie says, “If you’re in bed, you’re dead.” What do you think he means by that?
(Answers may vary.)
Mr. Marengo's favorite color
Marengo
Combine each of the following words correct and tell me where the apostrophe goes:
"He" + "is"
"They" + "are"
"I" + "am"
"He's"
"They're"
"I'm"
The day of the week that Mitch and Morrie meet on.
Tuesday
The religion that influences Morrie's views on detachment.
Buddhism
#17B. Why do you think the author often mentions all the crazy stuff going on in the news, like the O.J. Simpson Trial or people getting murdered (like on pp. 80, 130, and 182)?
(Answers may vary.)
The reason why aliens do not want to contact humans in a classic 1991 Terry Bisson story.
They are made out of meat.
The location of the missing period in this sentence:
"After I failed the exam I had to go to Zero Period to retake it I found out I love Zero Period with Mr. Marengo."
"After I failed the exam I had to go to Zero Period to retake it. I found out I love Zero Period with Mr. Marengo."
(Correct version: "After I failed the exam, I had to go to Zero Period to retake it. I found out I love Zero Period with Mr. Marengo.")
Mitch's profession
Sports writer
What "RACE" stands for.
Restate the question. Answer the question. Cite evidence. Explain the evidence.
#17C. Why do you think that Morrie tells Mitch that one day he wants to make Mitch cry (p. 51)?
(Answers may vary.)
The reason why a little boy takes forever to answer the door in "The Key Game."
To give his dad time to hide from the Nazis.
A word that describes the central meaning of a text.
Theme
A description of Mitch's relationship with his brother.
(Answers may vary.)
The meaning of "aphorism."
Short saying
#17D. Why do you think that Morrie tells Mitch that if Mitch truly accepted that he could die at any time, then he would not be as “ambitious” as he is, that he would not be a workaholic (p. 83)?
(Answers may vary.)
The reason why the citizens in a classic Shirley Jackson story held a "lottery" each year.
(Answers may vary.)
The way that you'd format the title of a chapter of a book.
In quotations:
In the chapter "On the Fourteenth Tuesday We Say Goodbye" of the book Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie is not feeling well at all.
The name of the guy who interviewed Morrie on TV.
Ted Koppel
The famous trial going on throughout the book.
O.J. Simpson Trial
A good explanation of Morrie's views on detachment.
We should feel our emotions--not ignore them--but once we have felt them and identified them, we should let them go. We should not get "attached" to our emotions; we should not let them control us.
The thing that Myop stepped in.
A skull
What IXL stands for.
"I excel." (Lame, I know.)