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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Eilif wants to join the army, Mother Courage tells him he's never happy until he's _______.
(a) Embarrassing his brother.
(b) Causing problems.
(c) Making money.
(d) In a fight.

2. How long has it been since Mother Courage has seen Eilif?
(a) A decade.
(b) 8 weeks.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 months.

3. How much does Mother Courage try to sell the capon to the Cook for?
(a) Sixty hellers.
(b) Fifty hellers.
(c) Seventy hellers.
(d) Ten hellers.

4. Why does Mother Courage claim her price is a good one for a bird at this time?
(a) They are in high demand.
(b) They are going extinct.
(c) They are in a siege.
(d) They are in season.

5. Why does the officer sell bullets for such a cheap price?
(a) Because they don't work.
(b) Because there is low demand.
(c) Because he needs the money.
(d) Because he was ordered to.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mother Courage tells Kattrin that ____ is a gift from God.

2. Where does Scene 5 take place?

3. Why does the first soldier want brandy?

4. Why does Mother Courage draw a black cross for "death"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mother Courage refuses to help the peasant family, has Kattrin's defiance of her mother escalated?

2. How impoverished has the country become as the cook, Mother Courage, and Kattrin follow the soldier through the winter?

3. In Scene 6, how does the chaplain begin to see Mother Courage?

4. Earlier in the play, would we have expected Mother Courage to go with the cook? Why/how has she changed?

5. Why is Mother Courage so protective of her soldiers' shirts?

6. Why is Kattrin mute?

7. Does the cook give an ultimatum to the parson to convince him to give them soup?

8. Why does the soldier threaten to kill the cattle instead of the peasants?

9. What does the first soldier mean when he says "she made it"?

10. What is Mother Courage's advice to the young soldier about anger and injustice?

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