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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. How does Mr. Popper feel while he is in prison?

2. Why does Mr. Popper put something on Captain Cook after the female comes?

3. Why do passengers on a bus complain about the penguins?

4. What instrument is brought to the rookery?

5. How much does Mr. Popper get paid for his short movie shoot with the penguins?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What product do the penguins promote, and why?

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

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

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

8. Why do the penguins get on the bus?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What happens at City Hall, and what message do you think the author was trying to send through this event?

Essay Topic 3

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

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