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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where have we heard the song the soldiers sing at the very end of the play?
(a) When she thought there was peace.
(b) When Mother Courage first appears in the play.
(c) When Swiss Cheese died.
(d) When she said goodbye to the cook.

2. How does Kattrin react when the peasants tell her there are children in town?
(a) She is indifferent.
(b) She is troubled.
(c) She is happy.
(d) She grows hysterical.

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

4. What does the chaplain call the cook?
(a) A coward.
(b) A wizard.
(c) A Don Juan.
(d) A fool.

5. Who does Yvette marry?
(a) The commander.
(b) A low-ranking soldier.
(c) A colonel.
(d) A salesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the soldiers come to the peasants' farmhouse late at night?

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

3. Why is Eilif being killed?

4. Where is the peseants' ladder to get to the roof?

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

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