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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Popper name his first penguin?

2. Where do the penguins from Admiral Drake's package swim in the house?

3. What does Mr. Popper notice first about his package from Admiral Drake?

4. What does Mr. Popper ask a service man to do for him?

5. What does Mr. Popper want to use for the penguin's nest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the service man think of what Mr. Popper asks him to do?

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

3. Where does the penguin sleep the first night at the Popper's, and what does Mr. Popper think of this?

4. Why does a police man come to Mr. Popper's house?

5. What changes does Mr. Popper have made to the ice box?

6. How does Mrs. Callahan respond to seeing Captain Cook for the first time?

7. What does Mrs. Popper think about penguins?

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

9. How does the first penguin get his name?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mrs. Popper show her support for her husband, and what does this indicate about her personality?

Essay Topic 2

How did Mr. Popper's relationship with his wife change over the course of the plot? What caused these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Admiral Drake was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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