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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who passes by the farmhouse and Mother Courage follows and exits for the last time?
(a) A man she recognizes.
(b) A family.
(c) Some priests.
(d) A regiment.

2. What song does the cook sing to the parson?
(a) The Song of the Great Souls of the Earth.
(b) The Song of Great Capitulation.
(c) The Song of the Wise Woman and the Soldier.
(d) The Song of Mother Courage.

3. What does Mother Courage sing to Kattrin's body?
(a) A war song.
(b) A dance song.
(c) A prayer.
(d) A lullaby.

4. Where is the inn the cook inherited?
(a) Bavaria.
(b) Utrecht.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

5. Why doesn't the peasant want the soldiers to kill their cattle?
(a) Their father will be mad.
(b) They're vegetarians.
(c) They will starve.
(d) They will go broke.

6. Why hasn't the watchman sounded the alarm?
(a) He was fired yesterday.
(b) He's been killed.
(c) He's lazy.
(d) He's not there.

7. In the chaplain's opinion, where do commanders grow?
(a) At home.
(b) In the heart.
(c) In the ground.
(d) On trees.

8. What instrument does Kattrin use in Scene 11?
(a) A flute.
(b) A tambourine.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A drum.

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

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

11. Why is Eilif being killed?
(a) He is a lazy soldier.
(b) He stole the Chief's wife.
(c) He attacked peasants.
(d) He's a traitor.

12. What does the voice from the house offer to the cook?
(a) Soup.
(b) Clean clothes.
(c) Advice.
(d) A place to sleep.

13. Why is the cook angry with the chaplain when he returns?
(a) He is trying to marry Kattrin.
(b) He told Mother Courage to buy supplies.
(c) He is flirting with Mother Courage.
(d) He is a thief.

14. What is the cook's name, according to Yvette?
(a) Uncle Sam.
(b) Peter Piper.
(c) Don Juan.
(d) John Doe.

15. Why do the soldiers come to the peasants' farmhouse late at night?
(a) To get directions.
(b) To find their friend.
(c) To surrender.
(d) To ask for food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes with Mother Courage as she continues on at the end of the play?

2. Why doesn't Mother Courage want peace?

3. Why won't the clerk go to the commander's funeral?

4. In the chaplain's opinion, wars can look forward to ________ futures.

5. Why is Mother Courage so concerned about the war ending?

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