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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 the service man think of Mr. Popper when he hears what he is to do?

2. What is the name of Mr. Popper's town?

3. Which of these is NOT a question asked by the reporters?

4. Where does Mr. Popper go at the end of the first walk with Captain Cook?

5. Where does Captain Cook find a stairway?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes does Mr. Popper have made to the ice box?

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

3. Why is Mrs. Popper so unhappy when she sees the first penguin?

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

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

6. How does Mr. Popper show his new-found confidence?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate to the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Admiral Drake was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Popper had some very strange quirks. What were some of these oddities, where did they come from, and how did their inclusion in the book alter the course of the plot?

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