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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A peasant claims Kattrin would still be alive if ____________.
(a) Eilif was still alive.
(b) The soldiers hadn't come.
(c) They hadn't told her about the children.
(d) Mother Courage hadn't gone to town.

2. Why would Kattrin be bad for business at the inn?
(a) She is a bad dancer.
(b) She is clumsy.
(c) She is scarred.
(d) She steals.

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

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

5. What does the voice from the house offer to the cook?
(a) Soup.
(b) Clean clothes.
(c) Advice.
(d) A place to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the cook's mother die?

2. Instead of going with the cook to the inn, what does Mother Courage do at the end of Scene 9?

3. What unlikely thing does the chaplain claim one can find in war?

4. Who passes by the farmhouse and Mother Courage follows and exits for the last time?

5. Why won't the young peasant help the soldiers in Scene 11?

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