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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the poor need courage?
(a) They're going to fight.
(b) They're weak.
(c) They're doomed.
(d) They're lost.

2. Mother Courage calls Eilif her brave and ____ son.
(a) Clever.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Arrogant.

3. Why does Kattrin run into the peasants' dilapidated house?
(a) Mother Courage told her to.
(b) Her mother's supplies are inside.
(c) She has a death wish.
(d) There's a baby inside.

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

5. People avoid Yvette like a ______ because they think she's sick.
(a) Stinking fish.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Sewer.
(d) Tax collector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mother Courage's advice to Kattrin about soldiers?

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

3. Who does Eilif aspire to be like?

4. Mother Courage is afraid they will make Kattrin a ____ if the soldiers see her in Yvette's clothes.

5. What does the young solder threaten he will do to the captain?

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