Study Questions 18. How does Morrie reconcile being an independent person with the fact that he must
depend on others in increasingly intimate ways?
19. Why does human contact become so important to Morrie?
20. How does Mitch's attitude towards the physical aspects of Morrie's illness change over
the course of their meetings?
21. Describe Morrie's relationship with his father. What lessons does Morrie apply to his own life
as a result of this relationship?
22. What is meant by the phrase "love is the only rational act"?
23. Compare and contrast Morrie's impressions of Charlie and Eva during his childhood.

Read the passage: canines may not be the deepest thinkers in the world. but perhaps that's for the best. the life of a dog—sitting alone all day, waiting for everyone to come home—can be pretty boring. super-smart animals would probably get totally stressed out, says university of pennsylvania researcher james serpell. look at it this way: if dogs were any smarter, they probably wouldn't choose to hang around with us. which best describes the tone of the passage?

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader

He contains the main idea in a paragraph. a. thesis statement b. first sentence c. declarative statement d. topic sentence