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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Mother Courage says it's _______ everyone is missing the commander's funeral.
(a) A pity.
(b) A disgrace.
(c) Understandable.
(d) An honor.

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

5. Why does Mother Courage leave to go to the market after peace is declared?
(a) To sell her supplies.
(b) To chase after the chaplain.
(c) To find Eilif.
(d) To send a letter.

6. How do the soldiers silence Kattrin?
(a) They climb up on the roof.
(b) They scold her.
(c) They shoot her.
(d) They smash the wagon.

7. Who passes by the farmhouse and Mother Courage follows and exits for the last time?
(a) A family.
(b) Some priests.
(c) A man she recognizes.
(d) A regiment.

8. Why can't the soldiers chop more wood?
(a) There is no more wood.
(b) Their axe is broken.
(c) Their arms hurt.
(d) They only have one axe.

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

10. Why has the cook come back to Mother Courage when peace is declared?
(a) He's a spy.
(b) He is lonely.
(c) He loves her.
(d) He is broke.

11. Why can't the peasants go to town the night the soldiers come to their farmhouse?
(a) They are lazy.
(b) They've been tied up.
(c) There are too many soldiers.
(d) They don't know the way.

12. Why does the chaplain hesitate to put on his pastor's coat?
(a) He thinks it's cursed.
(b) He doesn't want to go back to religious life.
(c) He might be seen as the antichrist.
(d) It smells bad.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kattrin go to the roof?

2. Why won't they ring bells for the commander's funeral?

3. What instrument does Kattrin use in Scene 11?

4. A soldier tells Kattrin if she comes down from the roof and takes them to her mother, they will ______________.

5. Who does Yvette marry?

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