Mr. Popper's Penguins Chapter 15

Which word best describes the show of

Popper’s Performing Penguins?

• dull

• calm

• uncomfortable

• amazing

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Cause and Effect: Why were the Popper Penguins given a chance to perform?

• Mr. Greenbaum loves penguins

• Janie and Bill begged Mr. Greenbaum

• The Marvelous Marcos had not appeared

• Mr. Popper wrote a persuasive letter

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Why did the manager refer to the penguins as a "little novelty number?"

• They were a new act

• The audience had seen the Popper's Penguins before

• There were a lot of penguins

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Which song did Mrs. Popper play when Columbus and Nelson sparred with one another?

• Military March

• By the Brook

• Merry Widow Waltz

• The Star-Spangled Banner

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How did Columbus ultimately win the fight?

• Nelson gave up

• The other ten penguins distracted Nelson so Columbus could hit him

• Captain Cook stopped the fight

• Mrs. Popper started playing another song

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Compare and Contrast: How was the penguins "By the Brook" act compared to Mrs. Popper's music?

• Calm and peaceful

• Wild and noisy

• Dull and boring

• Soft and sweet

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What did Mr. Greenbaum predict about Mr. Popper's penguins?

• They wouldn't be well-liked by the audiences

• They would be packing the biggest theaters from Oregon to Maine

• The penguins would get into trouble

• The penguins wouldn't attract any audiences

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What did Mr. Greenbaum offer the Popper's?

• Free canned shrimp for life

• Tickets to his next show

• A ten-week contract at five thousand dollars per week

• Twenty-five thousand dollars

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Why didn't Mrs. Popper take off her gloves when the manager asked her why she was wearing them?

• She said her hands were cold

• The penguins pecked at her hands so she wore them to protect herself

• She said she that she had gotten so use to wearing them and she wanted to keep them on.

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Read the following passage from page 93.

In a dignified way the Poppers and the penguins walked out on the stage, and Mrs. Popper sat down at the piano.

The word dignified most likely means...

• ordinary

• dishonorable

• proud

• undignified

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