If I Ran the Zoo Quizzes

If I Ran the Zoo Quiz 1

1 Who wrote If I Ran the Zoo?
Gerald McGrew

Dr. Seuss

Jonathan Swift

John Quincy Adams
2 Who narrates the majority of If I Ran the Zoo?
An unnamed first-person narrator

Gerald McGrew

Gerald's mother

The adult zookeeper
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?
2000

2021

2001

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

Cat

Dog

Lion
6 Who is the story's protagonist?
The ten-footed lion

There is no protagonist

The adult zookeeper

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

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter

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

Global Conquest

True Love

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

It's mind-numbingly boring

It's awful

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

Proud

Depressed

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

Zazoo Zoo

Kablue Zoo

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

Eight-footed cat

Ten-footed lion

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

Blue

Yellow

Red
14 What hybrid animal does Gerald conjure up?
Lizard-bird

Scorpion-toad

Dog-cat

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

Skidoo

Dogsled

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

Grass and rasberries

Custard and mustard

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

McGrew

A crucifix

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

Skunks

Hunks

Chipmunks
19 Why can't Gerald's deer recognize their own antlers?
They are entangled with their family members' anters

They are blind

No reason

They can't look on top of their heads
20 What animal lives in North Dakota?
Iota

Smota

Cacota

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

Africa

Antarctica

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

Tick-Tack-Toe

Zheesha Zsho

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

The Zind chieftains

The inhabitants of Yerka

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

Zizanell

Russian Palooski

Nerd
25 How does the story end?
With Gerald grown up, running his own zoo

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

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