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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. How does Mr. Popper get Captain Cook out of the barber shop?
(a) He lures him out with the shaving cream.
(b) He carries him.
(c) He whistles for him.
(d) He pulls him on a leash.

2. Why does the policeman not come into Mr. Popper's house?
(a) He is afraid of the penguin.
(b) Mr. Popper won't let him in.
(c) He doesn't have a warrant.
(d) All of these.

3. What is the name of Mr. Popper's town?
(a) Strumson.
(b) Strandvill.
(c) Stillwater.
(d) Stanford.

4. Why does Mr. Popper think the barber will like Captain Cook?
(a) He has never gotten mad about anything.
(b) They have been friends for a while.
(c) They both read about Antarctica.
(d) He writes to Admiral Drake as well.

5. What does Mr. Popper think he and Captain Cook look like on their first walk?
(a) A circus act.
(b) Gentleman.
(c) Zoo keepers.
(d) Brothers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the penguin watch the children do in their room?

3. What does Mr. Popper fantasize about?

4. What does Captain Cook do when he gets to the top of the stairway?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Captain Cook like most in the barber shop, and why?

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

3. How does Mr. Popper respond to the reporters who ask him about Captain Cook?

4. How does the first penguin get his name?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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