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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the chaplain call the cook?
(a) A fool.
(b) A wizard.
(c) A Don Juan.
(d) A coward.

2. Why does Kattrin get very anxious while the injured peasants are in her tent?
(a) Because the chaplain is flirting with her.
(b) Because the peasants need linen.
(c) Because soldier's are approaching.
(d) Because her mother is being verbally attacked.

3. What does it mean that there are no lights on in the parson's house?
(a) No one's awake.
(b) No one's home.
(c) They're hiding.
(d) They've been robbed.

4. How long ago had the war stopped when Mother Courage's group is informed that peace is declared?
(a) A few days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Just this morning.
(d) A month.

5. What are the peasants Eilif attacks doing with their food?
(a) Selling it.
(b) Hiding it.
(c) They have none.
(d) Throwing it away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the cook refer to Mother Courage when the chaplain insults her?

2. What effect has Mother Courage had on the young soldier by the end of the scene?

3. The young soldier says he won't stand for ________.

4. What does Mother Courage compare the officers taking her son into the army to?

5. Why does the commander die?

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