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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the kids doing when Captain Cook wanders the house?
(a) They are sleeping.
(b) They are eating.
(c) They are delivering papers.
(d) They are at school.

2. Why is Mr. Popper unable to sleep the night of the broadcast?
(a) The phone keeps ringing.
(b) His wife is upset.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He is too excited.

3. How does Captain Cook feel about his leash?
(a) He is afraid of it.
(b) He loves it.
(c) He hates it.
(d) He wants to eat it.

4. Why does Mr. Popper choose to not follow the policeman's instructions?
(a) There are no laws against having a penguin.
(b) He doesn't have enough money.
(c) It takes too long.
(d) People are rude to him.

5. How does Mrs. Popper feel when she sees what Captain Cook has collected?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Amused.
(d) Ambivalent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the penguin do when he sees the service man?

2. Why doesn't Mr. Popper do himself what the service man does?

3. What is the name of Mr. Popper's town?

4. Why doesn't the service man want to do what Mr. Popper asks of him?

5. What do the penguins use to make their nests in Mr. Popper's house?

(see the answer key)

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