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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the commander die?
(a) He was in the front lines.
(b) He was assassinated.
(c) It was an accident.
(d) He killed himself.

2. Instead of being dead, Mother Courage insists that Kattrin is ______.
(a) Pretending.
(b) Injured.
(c) Alive.
(d) Asleep.

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

4. What does Mother Courage live off of?
(a) Her talents.
(b) Her children's labor.
(c) The kindness of others.
(d) War.

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

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

7. The soldiers threaten Kattrin by saying if she doesn't stop her commotion they will smash ______.
(a) Her supplies.
(b) Her wagon.
(c) The house.
(d) A clock.

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

9. In Scene 10, Mother Courage and Kattrin stop at a ______ to listen to a woman sing.
(a) Lake.
(b) Bar.
(c) Farmhouse.
(d) Campsite.

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

11. What is Mother Courage's last line?
(a) "Take me with you".
(b) "Nothing can stop me".
(c) "All's well that ends well".
(d) "Back to business."

12. Why doesn't Mother Courage want bed feathers?
(a) Because she's allergic.
(b) Because no one has beds.
(c) Because she already has some.
(d) Because she's morally opposed to them.

13. Why can't Kattrin come to the inn?
(a) Her father will come looking for her.
(b) There is no room.
(c) She steals.
(d) She doesn't want to leave the cart.

14. Why does Mother Courage give the peasants money before she leaves Kattrin's body with them?
(a) For food.
(b) To keep them quiet.
(c) For their trouble.
(d) To bury Kattrin.

15. Why does Mother Courage leave the farmhouse at the end of the play?
(a) To pray for Swiss Cheese.
(b) To find food.
(c) To escape a bounty hunter.
(d) To go back to business.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the cook, what kind of life is a cook's life?

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

3. What does the voice from the house offer to the cook?

4. Why should the cook talk quietly when he is talking to Mother Courage about the inn?

5. What is the background noise at the beginning of Scene 12?

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