If I Ran the Zoo Quizzes

If I Ran the Zoo Quiz 1

1 Who wrote If I Ran the Zoo?
Dr. Seuss

John Quincy Adams

Jonathan Swift

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

The adult zookeeper

An unnamed first-person narrator

Gerald McGrew
3 Who illustrated If I Ran the Zoo?
AI Technology

Illustrator unknown

Gerald McGrew

Dr. Seuss
4 In what year was If I Ran the Zoo first published?
1950

2021

2001

2000
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?
Gerald

There is no protagonist

The adult zookeeper

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

Anapestic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter

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

True Love

Imagination

Public Recognition
9 What is Gerald's first impression of the zoo?
It's awful

It's fantastic

It's pretty good

It's mind-numbingly boring
10 How does the zookeeper seem to Gerald at the beginning?
Proud

Depressed

Hopeless

Lazy
11 What does Gerald call his imagined zoo?
Kablue Zoo

Zazoo Zoo

Razzaloo Zoo

McGrew Zoo
12 Which animal does Gerald first imagine?
Ten-footed lion

A dog who never barks

An elephant with two trunks

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

Green

Blue

Yellow
14 What hybrid animal does Gerald conjure up?
Scorpion-toad

Lizard-bird

Dog-cat

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

Dogsled

Seadoo

Skidoo
16 What do the Bustard and Flustard eat?
Small wingless flies

Custard and mustard

Buttons and thread

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

GG

McGrew

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

Chipmunks

Skunks

Lunks
19 Why can't Gerald's deer recognize their own antlers?
They can't look on top of their heads

No reason

They are blind

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

Babota

Iota

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

Asia

Africa

Antarctica
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 Persian princes

The inhabitants of Yerka

The Zind chieftains

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

Nerd

Russian Palooski

Obsk
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 standing in the same place as the beginning

With Gerald grown up, running his own zoo

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