The Last Lecture Chapter 15

Identify the theme or the main idea in this chapter.

• Life is full of strange rules

• People are more important than things

• Focus on big things

• Success is the ultimate goal

Identify the author’s attitude towards his nephew and niece.

• He enjoys spending time with them and sharing a different perspective with him

• He sees them as his responsibility

• He thinks they are messy

• He finds them annoying

Why would Chris and Laura smile when Pausch’s children accidentally mess up their car?

• They would remember his pristine convertible

• They would remember how his car was messy

• They would think of when he poured Coke on his new car so they didn’t have to worry about getting it dirty

• They would be upset about the mess

Match the following terms to their synoyms.

• love

• admonition

• pass on

• bachelor

• warning or reprimand

• affection

• enjoyed

• reveled

• bachelorette

• impart

If you know you only have a few months left to live, how would you live your life? Explain and provide examples. Write at least 5 sentences. Start your writing with:

If I have only a few months left to live,....

People are more important than things. Even a ​​ (a)   gem like my new convertible was just a thing. ​

• pristine
• deliberately
• angle
• mundane

Reorder the following summary of the chapter

• Randy enjoyed taking his niece and nephew out when they were young.

• Randy wanted the children to know that they were more important than the car, so he poured Coke on his backseat.

• His sister told her children to be careful not to mess up his car.

• Randy hoped that his nephew and niece would show the same kindness to his own children since he would not be able to spend time with them.

• One time he bought a new convertible and came to pick them up.

Match the following

• unspoiled

• unintentional

• point of view

• sloppiness

• carelessness

• pristine

• accidental

• perspective

• ordinary

• mundane