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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 makes the audience laugh the most during the penguins' first performance?

2. What is the name of the penguins' show?

3. Who asks Mr. Popper to install the freezing plant?

4. What does Mr. Popper call the new home for the penguins with the freezing plant?

5. What does Mr. Popper want to turn into a penguin habitat now that he has 2 penguins?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Monsieur Duval hate the penguins?

3. How does Mr. Popper choose the names of the baby penguins?

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

5. Why do the penguins miss their last performance?

6. What does Mr. Popper build for the penguins in the rookery?

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

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

9. How does Mrs. Popper help with Mr. Popper's idea to make money?

10. What makes Mrs. Popper worry about money after the penguins hatch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What made Mr. Popper such a dynamic character? Why do you think he was the chosen main character for this storyline?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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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