If I Ran the Zoo Quizzes

If I Ran the Zoo Quiz 1

1 Who wrote If I Ran the Zoo?

Jonathan Swift

Dr. Seuss

John Quincy Adams

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

Gerald's mother

Gerald McGrew

An unnamed first-person narrator

The adult zookeeper
3 Who illustrated If I Ran the Zoo?

AI Technology

Illustrator unknown

Dr. Seuss

Gerald McGrew
4 In what year was If I Ran the Zoo first published?

1950

2021

2000

2001
5 What real animal is lying in the cage when Gerald arrives at the zoo?

Deer

Cat

Lion

Dog
6 Who is the story's protagonist?

Gerald

There is no protagonist

The adult zookeeper

The ten-footed lion
7 In what meter is the book writtten?

Iambic tetrameter

Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic pentameter
8 Which answer is not a major theme?

True Love

Public Recognition

Imagination

Global Conquest
9 What is Gerald's first impression of the zoo?

It's mind-numbingly boring

It's fantastic

It's awful

It's pretty good
10 How does the zookeeper seem to Gerald at the beginning?

Depressed

Hopeless

Proud

Lazy
11 What does Gerald call his imagined zoo?

Zazoo Zoo

Kablue Zoo

Razzaloo Zoo

McGrew Zoo
12 Which animal does Gerald first imagine?

An elephant with two trunks

A dog who never barks

Ten-footed lion

Eight-footed cat
13 Which color is not used in the illustrations?

Green

Yellow

Blue

Red
14 What hybrid animal does Gerald conjure up?

Scorpion-toad

Dog-cat

Lizard-bird

Elephant-cat
15 What does Gerald drive in the North Pole?

Seadoo

Dogsled

Skidoo

Skeegle-mobile
16 What do the Bustard and Flustard eat?

Buttons and thread

Small wingless flies

Custard and mustard

Grass and rasberries
17 What is on the flags that Gerald flies above his vehicles and ships?

GG

McGrew

McG.

A crucifix
18 What creatures does Gerald want to catch in Nantucket?

Lunks

Hunks

Skunks

Chipmunks
19 Why can't Gerald's deer recognize their own antlers?

They are blind

No reason

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

Babota

Cacota

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

Asia

Antarctica

Africa

Australia
22 What animal has X and O on its stomach?

Zheesha Zsho

Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moo

Tick-Tack-Toe

Spinner bug
23 Which humans in the book does Gerald say he doesn't know the names of?

The inhabitants of Yerka

The Zind chieftains

The Persian princes

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

Obsk

Russian Palooski

Zizanell

Nerd
25 How does the story end?

With Gerald locked up in one of his own cages

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

With Gerald grown up, running his own zoo

With Gerald standing in the same place as the beginning

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