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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. Where is the final tour performance supposed to be?
(a) New York.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Chicago.

2. What does Mr. Popper call the new home for the penguins with the freezing plant?
(a) The rookery.
(b) The penguin habitat.
(c) The freeze zone.
(d) The nest.

3. Who does Mr. Popper fight with in every city on the road?
(a) The other performers.
(b) The bus drivers.
(c) The stage managers.
(d) The hotel managers.

4. Where does Admiral Drake want to take Mr. Popper's penguins?
(a) The North Pole.
(b) The South Pole.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Siberia.

5. What kind of food do the penguins promote?
(a) Prawns.
(b) Fish.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Shrimp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the audience laugh the most during the penguins' first performance?

2. Why does Duval hate the penguins?

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

4. What causes the penguins to be irritable on the road?

5. What does Mr. Popper put on Captain Cook after the female comes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mr. Popper's idea to make money?

2. Why do the penguins miss their last performance?

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

4. What position is Mr. Popper given at the end of the book?

5. What kind of routine do the baby penguins create in their rookery?

6. What does Mr. Klein want to do for the penguins?

7. What does Mr. Greenbaum offer Mr. Popper to do the tour?

8. Why does Mr. Popper paint Captain Cook?

9. Why do the penguins get on the bus?

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

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