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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the peseants' ladder to get to the roof?
(a) In the shed.
(b) Stolen.
(c) On the roof.
(d) In town.

3. Why is Mother Courage encouraged to leave the farmhouse quickly and not stay with Kattrin's body?
(a) Soldiers are coming.
(b) She is very rude.
(c) The peasants are angry.
(d) It's getting dark.

4. Mother Courage says it's _______ everyone is missing the commander's funeral.
(a) Understandable.
(b) A disgrace.
(c) An honor.
(d) A pity.

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

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

7. Why does Mother Courage give the peasants money before she leaves Kattrin's body with them?
(a) For their trouble.
(b) To keep them quiet.
(c) For food.
(d) To bury Kattrin.

8. Why doesn't Mother Courage want bed feathers?
(a) Because no one has beds.
(b) Because she's morally opposed to them.
(c) Because she's allergic.
(d) Because she already has some.

9. How does the cook refer to Mother Courage when the chaplain insults her?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His boss.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

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

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

12. How do the soldiers silence Kattrin?
(a) They climb up on the roof.
(b) They scold her.
(c) They smash the wagon.
(d) They shoot her.

13. Why won't they ring bells for the commander's funeral?
(a) They destroyed the bells.
(b) Bells sound too celebratory.
(c) He hated bells.
(d) He doesn't deserve them.

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

15. Why is Mother Courage so concerned about the war ending?
(a) She made a prophecy.
(b) She wants to see her son again.
(c) She might buy more supplies.
(d) She's bored with war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of bells, what will there be at the commander's funeral?

2. Why can't Kattrin come to the inn?

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

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

5. Why has the cook come back to Mother Courage when peace is declared?

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