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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prayer do the peasants pray when the soldiers are threatening them in their farmhouse?
(a) Hail Mary.
(b) Our Father.
(c) Hallelujah.
(d) The Forgiveness Song.

2. What instrument does Kattrin use in Scene 11?
(a) A drum.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A flute.
(d) A tambourine.

3. Who passes by the farmhouse and Mother Courage follows and exits for the last time?
(a) Some priests.
(b) A family.
(c) A regiment.
(d) A man she recognizes.

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

5. What does Mother Courage live off of?
(a) Her children's labor.
(b) Her talents.
(c) War.
(d) The kindness of others.

6. What does the cook call the chaplain when they fight over Mother Courage?
(a) A windbag.
(b) A fool.
(c) A hero.
(d) A stud.

7. Why couldn't Kattrin pull the cart by herself?
(a) She is too weak.
(b) War terrifies her.
(c) She is bad with directions.
(d) People will take advantage of her.

8. Before she leaves the peasants' farmhouse, what does Mother Courage get for Kattrin from the wagon?
(a) A cloth.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Fresh clothes.
(d) Her doll.

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

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

11. What does the cook try to exchange for dinner?
(a) Supplies.
(b) Money.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Kattrin.

12. What is the background noise at the beginning of Scene 12?
(a) Peasants' songs.
(b) Crying families.
(c) Troops drums.
(d) Gunfire.

13. In the chaplain's opinion, wars can look forward to ________ futures.
(a) Prosperous.
(b) Colorful.
(c) Victorious.
(d) Devastating.

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

15. How does the cook's mother die?
(a) Execution.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Old age.
(d) Cholera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mother Courage leave the farmhouse at the end of the play?

2. The soldiers threaten Kattrin by saying if she doesn't stop her commotion they will smash ______.

3. What is Mother Courage's last line?

4. Why is Mother Courage encouraged to leave the farmhouse quickly and not stay with Kattrin's body?

5. Why does the chaplain hesitate to put on his pastor's coat?

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