Mr Popper's Penguins Comprehension

What far-away place did Mr. Popper want to see most of all?

• The north and south poles

• Antarctica

• Australia

• Europe

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What surprise did Admiral Drake send Mr. Popper?

• A dog

• A cat

• A turtle

• A penguin

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Where did Captain Cook go to sleep?

• In the bath tub

• In the backyard

• In the refrigerator

• In bed

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What did the curator think was wrong with Captain Cook?

• Nothing

• The penguin had a stomach-ache

• He thought the penguin was lonely

• He had the flu

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What was the curator’s cure to help Captain Cook?

• Gave him medicine

• Told him to rest for a week

• Gave him live fish to eat

• He’s sending him Greta, the aquarium’s penguin

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How could the Popper's tell the birds apart?

• Mr. Popper painted their names on their backs

• By placing a name tag on each penguin

• Mrs Popper taught them how to speak

• Mr. Popper painted Greta pink and Captain Cook blue

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What idea did Mr. Popper come up with to earn money?

• Teach them how to work

• Train the penguins to perform

• Train the penguins to learn how to paint walls

• Sell the penguins

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How did the penguins disrupt the rest of the acts during their first performance?

• They would go on stage and make the audience laugh and distract the performer

• They would do cool tricks like back-flips on stage

• Make silly faces to the audience

• Perform a dance

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Why weren’t the Poppers rich when receiving $5,000 a week?

• They lost all their money

• They ate at expensive restaurants and slept in expensive hotels

• They bought $5000 worth of live fish

• Mrs Popper went on a shopping spree

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How did the Popper’s take care of the penguins for the rest of the winter?

• Mr Popper turned the basement into a nice comfortable ice room for the penguins by placing a frozen plant down in the cellar.

• They built an igloo in his backyard

• They decided to send the penguins back to Antarctica

• Mr Popper transformed the living room into an ice-room

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