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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the penguins know what to do in each act?
(a) There is specific music for each act.
(b) Mr. Popper leads them.
(c) They see pictures.
(d) Bill signs to them from the side.

2. Who asks Mr. Popper to install the freezing plant?
(a) Mrs. Popper.
(b) Bill.
(c) Mrs. Callahan.
(d) Captain Cook.

3. Where is Mr. Greenbaum when Mr. Popper is arrested?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Miami.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) Detroit.

4. What does Mr. Popper do with his first check?
(a) Pays some bills.
(b) Creates a new backdrop.
(c) Gets luggage for the penguins.
(d) Buys a car.

5. What is the name of the female penguin?
(a) Granny.
(b) Gina.
(c) Great.
(d) Giselle.

6. Where does Mr. Popper have his furnace moved to when the freezing plant is installed?
(a) The garage.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The attic.
(d) The living room.

7. Where are the penguins kept after angering someone in Minneapolis?
(a) A hotel room.
(b) A cage.
(c) A basement.
(d) A bus.

8. Why do some people come to resent the penguins?
(a) They are show stealers.
(b) They have too many babies.
(c) They make kids want penguin pets.
(d) They belong in the wild.

9. What is Duval's occupation?
(a) Tightrope walker.
(b) Clown.
(c) Juggler.
(d) Mind reader.

10. What makes the audience laugh the most during the penguins' first performance?
(a) The mistakes.
(b) The music.
(c) The marching.
(d) The sliding down the ladders.

11. What happens in the last act of the penguin act?
(a) Two penguins have a duel.
(b) The penguins march.
(c) The penguins do an obstacle course.
(d) The penguins slide around on their bellies.

12. How does Captain Cook feel when the female penguin comes?
(a) He is scared.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is possessive.

13. How are the penguins taken to jail?
(a) In a bus.
(b) With leashes.
(c) In a wagon.
(d) By a chain gang.

14. How many penguins fight in the second act?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

15. Why does Mr. Popper put something on Captain Cook after the female comes?
(a) To make him feel more fancy.
(b) To celebrate.
(c) So Mrs. Popper can tell them apart.
(d) So the female will not want to mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the penguins eat before they got live fish in their habitat?

2. What does Mr. Klein want to do with the penguins?

3. What problem does Mrs. Popper see with having two penguins?

4. How does the audience feel about the penguins' first performance?

5. What do the penguins climb in the last act?

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