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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. Who does Mr. Popper name his first penguin after?

2. How does Mrs. Callahan feel about Captain Cook?

3. What is Mr. Popper often covered in when he comes home from work?

4. What do the penguins do when Mr. Popper feeds them?

5. What does the barber call Captain Cook?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Popper like about penguins?

2. How does Mrs. Popper feel when she sees what Captain Cook has collected for his nest?

3. What happens when Captain Cook comes into the barber shop?

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

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

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

7. What does the police man tell Mr. Popper to do?

8. What happens when the first penguin has his first meal at the Popper's house?

9. What obstacles does Mr. Popper face while trying to do what the police man asked him to do?

10. How does the first penguin get his name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate to the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

What made Mr. Popper such a dynamic character? Why do you think he was the chosen main character for this storyline?

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