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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Popper often covered in when he comes home from work?
(a) Paint.
(b) Grass.
(c) Plaster.
(d) Dirt.

2. What does the first penguin say when the kids ask what his name is?
(a) Look.
(b) Gook.
(c) Mook.
(d) Sook.

3. What is the name of the Stillwater newspaper?
(a) The Morning Chronicle.
(b) The Stillwater News.
(c) The Daily Stillwater.
(d) The Daily Herald.

4. How does Mr. Popper feel when he is kicked out of the barbershop?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) Surprised.
(d) All of these.

5. What does the service man think of Mr. Popper when he hears what he is to do?
(a) He is a chump.
(b) He is stupid.
(c) He is a genius.
(d) He is crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Admiral Drake famous for?

2. How does Mr. Popper know so much about Admiral Drake?

3. Why does the policeman come to Mr. Popper's house?

4. What does Mr. Popper wear when he walks Captain Cook?

5. What does Mr. Popper do when he has a season of work off?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Admiral Drake?

2. Describe the package from Admiral Drake when it first arrives.

3. What does Captain Cook do after leaving the barber shop?

4. How does Mr. Popper ruin his clothes?

5. What makes Mrs. Popper sad when Mr. Popper and Captain Cook come home from their first walk together?

6. Why is Mr. Popper so excited on the 29th at the beginning of the book?

7. Why does Mr. Popper end up not fulfilling what the police man asked of him?

8. How does Mr. Popper handle Captain Cook on a walk?

9. How does Admiral Drake show that he knows of Mr. Popper?

10. What does Mrs. Popper always serve for dinner, and why?

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