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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. What causes Mr. Popper to not make much money while on the road?
(a) The legal fees.
(b) The hotel fees.
(c) The cost of food.
(d) The cost of gas.

2. Who visits Mr. Popper in prison?
(a) Mr. Greenbaum.
(b) Mr. Swenson.
(c) Dr. Smith.
(d) Admiral Drake.

3. How many eggs does the female penguin lay?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

4. What causes an opera singer to screech instead of sing?
(a) The penguins get in her skirt.
(b) The penguins knock over the set display.
(c) The penguins squawk with her.
(d) All of these.

5. What instrument is brought to the rookery?
(a) Violin.
(b) Harp.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many acts does the penguin act have?

2. Where does Mr. Popper have his furnace moved to when the freezing plant is installed?

3. Why does Mr. Popper not allow his penguins to promote more than one product?

4. Why do the penguins go to the wrong theater for their last performance?

5. Why do some people come to resent the penguins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the penguins miss their last performance?

2. What do the penguins do to the opera singer in Minneapolis?

3. What do the policemen do when they are called to help with the penguins?

4. What is the first idea Mr. Popper has to create a penguin habitat?

5. What makes Mr. Swenson so upset when he sees the penguins?

6. What ideas does Mrs. Popper have to make money?

7. How does Captain Cook get better from his illness?

8. What does Mr. Popper do with his first check from Mr. Greenbaum?

9. What frustrated people when the penguins get on the bus?

10. What does Mr. Klein do for Mr. Popper at the end of the book?

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