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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother Courage not know at the end of the play?
(a) Eilif is dead.
(b) Her home's been destroyed.
(c) She is sick.
(d) She is a wanted woman.

2. Why is the cook angry with the chaplain when he returns?
(a) He told Mother Courage to buy supplies.
(b) He is flirting with Mother Courage.
(c) He is trying to marry Kattrin.
(d) He is a thief.

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

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

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

6. The peasant woman calls Kattrin a ______ when she tells her to stop drumming.
(a) Hero.
(b) Beast.
(c) Coward.
(d) Fool.

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

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

9. Why won't the young peasant help the soldiers in Scene 11?
(a) They are Catholic.
(b) They smell bad.
(c) They will wake the baby.
(d) They didn't ask nicely.

10. Why won't the clerk go to the commander's funeral?
(a) Because he can't find a ride.
(b) Because he is forbidden to.
(c) Because of the rain.
(d) Because he didn't like the commander.

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

12. Why should the cook talk quietly when he is talking to Mother Courage about the inn?
(a) Because he has an annoying voice.
(b) So Kattrin can't hear him.
(c) Because Kattrin is trying to sleep.
(d) So he doesn't wake the parson.

13. Why do Mother Courage, Kattrin, and the cook stop at the parson's house?
(a) He knows where Eilif is.
(b) He has food.
(c) He will give them directions.
(d) They can sleep there.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chaplain's opinion, wars can look forward to ________ futures.

2. Why doesn't Mother Courage want peace?

3. What are men doing instead of going to the commander's funeral?

4. How does the cook propose that he and Mother Courage call to the parson?

5. How long ago had the war stopped when Mother Courage's group is informed that peace is declared?

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