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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Popper use as a leash?

2. How many reporters does Mr. Popper see on his first walk with Captain Cook?

3. Which of these is NOT a sign of Captain Cook being sick?

4. What does Mr. Popper notice first about his package from Admiral Drake?

5. What does the policeman call the penguin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of things does Captain Cook collect for his nest?

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

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

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

5. How does the penguin show that the food from the fridge was not enough?

6. What makes Mrs. Popper sad when Mr. Popper and Captain Cook come home from their first walk together?

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

8. Why does Dr. Smith think Captain Cook is sick?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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