If I Ran the Zoo Quizzes

If I Ran the Zoo Quiz 1

1 Who wrote If I Ran the Zoo?
Jonathan Swift

John Quincy Adams

Dr. Seuss

Gerald McGrew
2 Who narrates the majority of If I Ran the Zoo?
Gerald's mother

The adult zookeeper

Gerald McGrew

An unnamed first-person narrator
3 Who illustrated If I Ran the Zoo?
Gerald McGrew

Illustrator unknown

AI Technology

Dr. Seuss
4 In what year was If I Ran the Zoo first published?
2001

2000

2021

1950
5 What real animal is lying in the cage when Gerald arrives at the zoo?
Dog

Deer

Cat

Lion
6 Who is the story's protagonist?
There is no protagonist

The ten-footed lion

The adult zookeeper

Gerald
7 In what meter is the book writtten?
Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter
8 Which answer is not a major theme?
Global Conquest

Public Recognition

True Love

Imagination
9 What is Gerald's first impression of the zoo?
It's pretty good

It's awful

It's mind-numbingly boring

It's fantastic
10 How does the zookeeper seem to Gerald at the beginning?
Depressed

Proud

Lazy

Hopeless
11 What does Gerald call his imagined zoo?
McGrew Zoo

Zazoo Zoo

Razzaloo Zoo

Kablue Zoo
12 Which animal does Gerald first imagine?
A dog who never barks

An elephant with two trunks

Eight-footed cat

Ten-footed lion
13 Which color is not used in the illustrations?
Red

Green

Blue

Yellow
14 What hybrid animal does Gerald conjure up?
Elephant-cat

Dog-cat

Scorpion-toad

Lizard-bird
15 What does Gerald drive in the North Pole?
Skeegle-mobile

Skidoo

Seadoo

Dogsled
16 What do the Bustard and Flustard eat?
Buttons and thread

Small wingless flies

Grass and rasberries

Custard and mustard
17 What is on the flags that Gerald flies above his vehicles and ships?
McG.

GG

A crucifix

McGrew
18 What creatures does Gerald want to catch in Nantucket?
Lunks

Chipmunks

Skunks

Hunks
19 Why can't Gerald's deer recognize their own antlers?
No reason

They are blind

They can't look on top of their heads

They are entangled with their family members' anters
20 What animal lives in North Dakota?
Smota

Iota

Cacota

Babota
21 On what continent is Yerka, according to the book?
Australia

Africa

Asia

Antarctica
22 What animal has X and O on its stomach?
Tick-Tack-Toe

Zheesha Zsho

Spinner bug

Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moo
23 Which humans in the book does Gerald say he doesn't know the names of?
The inhabitants of Yerka

The Persian princes

The Zind chieftains

None of these
24 What red-and-blue creature does Gerald want to catch?
Zizanell

Russian Palooski

Nerd

Obsk
25 How does the story end?
With Gerald locked up in one of his own cages

With Gerald grown up, running his own zoo

With Gerald standing in the same place as the beginning

With Gerald in the mouth of the Wizza-ma Fizza-ma Dill

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