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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the cook propose that he and Mother Courage call to the parson?
(a) They knock on his door.
(b) They drum.
(c) They scream.
(d) They sing.

3. Why does Mother Courage insist on going to church when peace is declared?
(a) To marry the chaplain.
(b) To pray for Kattrin.
(c) To repent her sins.
(d) To honor Swiss Cheese.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kattrin react to the soldiers' attempts to silence her?

2. Why does the commander die?

3. Why does Mother Courage give the peasants money before she leaves Kattrin's body with them?

4. According to the cook, what kind of reward can one get for virtue?

5. How does Mother Courage see the chaplain?

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