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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why won't Mother Courage help the peasant family that was injured in the attack on their farm?
(a) Because they deserved what happened to them.
(b) Because they're Protestants.
(c) Because they are thieves.
(d) Because they don't have any money.

2. Why will it be easier for Kattrin to find a husband at the inn?
(a) She will be wealthy.
(b) There are nice men in the town.
(c) The cook could find her one.
(d) Because she will have a position.

3. Mother Courage observes that Kattrin "sits, happy as a _______ in all this misery" of the suffering peasants.
(a) Lark.
(b) Hippo.
(c) Cat.
(d) Baby.

4. How does the cook's mother die?
(a) Old age.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Execution.
(d) Cholera.

5. Why don't the peasants stay out of the line of fire when the Catholic soldiers attack their farm?
(a) They were surprised.
(b) They have a death wish.
(c) To protect their farm.
(d) They thought it was a joke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Kattrin come to the inn?

2. How cheaply does the officer sell bullets for?

3. Why do Mother Courage, Kattrin, and the cook stop at the parson's house?

4. What does the cook try to exchange for dinner?

5. Mother Courage thinks Eilif should be ashamed of himself for speculating about ______________.

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