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

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

3. Why does Mother Courage feel it's unfortunate that the commander died?
(a) Because he was a good man.
(b) Because he might have had special plans.
(c) Because he had a family.
(d) Because he was so young.

4. What unlikely thing does the chaplain claim one can find in war?
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Fortune.

5. How cheaply does the officer sell bullets for?
(a) 50 hellers.
(b) 10 hellers.
(c) 2 guilders.
(d) 3 guilders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yvette drink in the morning?

2. People avoid Yvette like a ______ because they think she's sick.

3. In the chaplain's opinion, where do commanders grow?

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

5. Some time after Swiss Cheese has been killed, why is Mother Courage going to complain to the captain?

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