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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes with Mother Courage as she continues on at the end of the play?
(a) The peasants.
(b) The cook.
(c) A little girl.
(d) No one.

2. Why is Kattrin not in danger by going out alone?
(a) She is married.
(b) Everyone is looking out for her.
(c) She is ugly.
(d) She is tough.

3. According to the cook, what kind of life is a cook's life?
(a) A prosperous life.
(b) A dog's life.
(c) A good life.
(d) A lonely life.

4. What are people shouting at the beginning of Scene 8?
(a) "For he's a jolly good fellow".
(b) "War".
(c) "Long live the King".
(d) "Peace".

5. How does Yvette look after all these years when she rejoins Mother Courage?
(a) Old.
(b) Fat.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Strong.

6. Mother Courage claims that Kattrin would still be alive if the peasants hadn't told her about _______.
(a) The food.
(b) The children.
(c) The drum.
(d) Eilif's death.

7. Who does Yvette marry?
(a) A low-ranking soldier.
(b) The commander.
(c) A salesman.
(d) A colonel.

8. Instead of bells, what will there be at the commander's funeral?
(a) Live music.
(b) Gun shots.
(c) Song.
(d) Drums.

9. When Mother Courage returns to the farmhouse, who is standing around Mother Courage and Kattrin's body?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) The peasants.
(c) The ghosts of her children.
(d) The cook and chaplain.

10. How does Kattrin react to the soldiers' attempts to silence her?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She throws things at them.
(c) She does what they ask.
(d) She runs away.

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

12. A soldier tells Kattrin if she comes down from the roof and takes them to her mother, they will ______________.
(a) Kill the cattle.
(b) Spare her mother.
(c) Find her a new family.
(d) Give her money.

13. Why does Kattrin go to the roof?
(a) To look at stars.
(b) To jump off.
(c) To warn the peasants.
(d) To get some perspective.

14. What does Mother Courage promise to Kattrin when there is peace?
(a) A husband.
(b) Money.
(c) A child.
(d) A house.

15. Why is Mother Courage so concerned about the war ending?
(a) She wants to see her son again.
(b) She made a prophecy.
(c) She's bored with war.
(d) She might buy more supplies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In her dreams, where does Mother Courage see herself pulling her cart?

3. Why does Mother Courage leave the farmhouse at the end of the play?

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

5. What does the chaplain call the cook?

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