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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 feel when he is kicked out of the barbershop?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Frustrated.
(c) All of these.
(d) Embarrassed.

2. What does Dr. Smith send Mr. Popper to help Captain Cook?
(a) Pictures of snow.
(b) Another penguin.
(c) High powered fans.
(d) Some pills.

3. What does Mr. Popper want to use for the penguin's nest?
(a) The dog bed.
(b) The fridge.
(c) The bath tub.
(d) The garage.

4. Why does the veterinarian have little hope of helping Captain Cook?
(a) He has never treated a penguin before.
(b) He knows it is not right to keep a bird like that.
(c) All of these.
(d) He can tell the bird is sick.

5. Where does Mr. Popper go at the end of the first walk with Captain Cook?
(a) The school.
(b) The grocery store.
(c) The barber.
(d) The park.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Popper get Captain Cook out of the barber shop?

2. Where does Captain Cook find a stairway?

3. Why does Mr. Popper take a season off of work?

4. What kind of pet does Mrs. Popper keep?

5. Which of the following is NOT collected by Captain Cook during his wanders through the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Popper ruin his clothes?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Mr. Popper like about penguins?

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

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