Characters
Details 1
Details 2
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
100
Who are the main characters of the story?
What is Mr. Popper and Captain Cook
100
What is the main setting of the story?
What is Mr. Popper's house
100
What are the names of Mr. Popper's two children?
What is Janie and Bill
100

Another name for a freezer (attached to refrigerator)

What is an icebox

100

Fill in the blank:

Mr. and Mrs. Popper stared at the icebox with _______________.

What is astonishment

200
Mr. Popper liked to read about what?
What is the North and South Pole
200
What did Mr. Popper get from Antarctica?
What is a penguin
200
Who sent the gift from Antarctica?
Who is Admiral Drake
200

What is another word for a law?

What is ordinance

200

To walk around

What is promenade

300
Where did Captain Cook build his nest?
What is in the icebox or refrigerator
300

Did the serviceman want to do work for Mr. Popper? How do you know?

What is he did not, because he gave Mr. Popper a hard time about it, made him pay extra money, and then ran out of the house.

300
Who visited Mr. Popper after the serviceman ran out of the house?
Who is the sergeant
300

A large amount of something

What is considerable

300

Fill in the blank:

Mr. Popper had to call the ________ to get a license for Captain Cook. 

What is bureau 

400
What does Mr. Popper do for a living?
What is he is a painter
400

What does Mr. Popper ask the serviceman to put on the icebox for Captain Cook?

What is a handle on the inside so Captain cook can let himself out of the icebox. 

400

What does Captain Cook eat out of a bowl when he first gets to Mr. Popper's house?

What is the goldfish

400

To bite or poke with a beak

What is to peck

400
To do something late or not on time

What is belatedly

500

At first Mrs. Popper thinks penguins are heathens (uncivilized or cruel). How does she feel about Captain Cook now?

What is because Captain Cook is picking this up around the house to build his rookery. Mrs. Popper thinks Captain Cook will help her keep the house clean. 

500
How do the people at city hall react on the phone when Mr. Popper calls them regarding a license for Captain Cook?
What is they can barely understand what he is saying, due to a poor phone connection, and they act like they never heard of a penguin before.
500
What is it called when penguins slide down a hill on their stomachs?
What is toboggan
500
Another name for a penguin nest

What is rookery

500

Mrs. Popper will not have to reproach Mr. Popper for looking untidy anymore because he shaved and did his hair neatly. 

What does reproach mean?

What is blame or to be disappointed