If I Ran the Zoo Quizzes

If I Ran the Zoo Quiz 1

1 Who wrote If I Ran the Zoo?
Gerald McGrew

Jonathan Swift

John Quincy Adams

Dr. Seuss
2 Who narrates the majority of If I Ran the Zoo?
The adult zookeeper

Gerald McGrew

Gerald's mother

An unnamed first-person narrator
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

2000

2001

2021
5 What real animal is lying in the cage when Gerald arrives at the zoo?
Lion

Cat

Dog

Deer
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?
Anapestic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter
8 Which answer is not a major theme?
Public Recognition

True Love

Imagination

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

It's pretty good

It's fantastic

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

Hopeless

Depressed

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

Kablue Zoo

Zazoo Zoo

McGrew Zoo
12 Which animal does Gerald first imagine?
An elephant with two trunks

Ten-footed lion

Eight-footed cat

A dog who never barks
13 Which color is not used in the illustrations?
Yellow

Blue

Green

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

Elephant-cat

Dog-cat

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

Dogsled

Skidoo

Seadoo
16 What do the Bustard and Flustard eat?
Custard and mustard

Grass and rasberries

Small wingless flies

Buttons and thread
17 What is on the flags that Gerald flies above his vehicles and ships?
McGrew

GG

A crucifix

McG.
18 What creatures does Gerald want to catch in Nantucket?
Hunks

Chipmunks

Lunks

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

They can't look on top of their heads

They are entangled with their family members' anters

They are blind
20 What animal lives in North Dakota?
Smota

Cacota

Babota

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

Africa

Asia

Antarctica
22 What animal has X and O on its stomach?
Spinner bug

Zheesha Zsho

Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moo

Tick-Tack-Toe
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 in the mouth of the Wizza-ma Fizza-ma Dill

With Gerald grown up, running his own zoo

With Gerald locked up in one of his own cages

With Gerald standing in the same place as the beginning

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