If I Ran the Zoo Quizzes

If I Ran the Zoo Quiz 1

1 Who wrote If I Ran the Zoo?

John Quincy Adams

Gerald McGrew

Jonathan Swift

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

The adult zookeeper

Gerald McGrew

An unnamed first-person narrator

Gerald's mother
3 Who illustrated If I Ran the Zoo?

Illustrator unknown

Gerald McGrew

AI Technology

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

2001

2021

2000

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

Lion

Dog

Deer

Cat
6 Who is the story's protagonist?

Gerald

The ten-footed lion

The adult zookeeper

There is no protagonist
7 In what meter is the book writtten?

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter

Anapestic pentameter
8 Which answer is not a major theme?

True Love

Public Recognition

Global Conquest

Imagination
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?

Proud

Depressed

Hopeless

Lazy
11 What does Gerald call his imagined zoo?

Kablue Zoo

Razzaloo Zoo

Zazoo Zoo

McGrew Zoo
12 Which animal does Gerald first imagine?

Eight-footed cat

An elephant with two trunks

A dog who never barks

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

Blue

Green

Yellow

Red
14 What hybrid animal does Gerald conjure up?

Dog-cat

Elephant-cat

Scorpion-toad

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

Skeegle-mobile

Seadoo

Skidoo

Dogsled
16 What do the Bustard and Flustard eat?

Custard and mustard

Small wingless flies

Buttons and thread

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

GG

A crucifix

McGrew

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

Chipmunks

Skunks

Hunks

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

They can't look on top of their heads

They are entangled with their family members' anters

No reason

They are blind
20 What animal lives in North Dakota?

Babota

Iota

Smota

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

Africa

Australia

Asia

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

Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moo

Tick-Tack-Toe

Zheesha Zsho

Spinner bug
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 standing in the same place as the beginning

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

With Gerald locked up in one of his own cages

With Gerald grown up, running his own zoo

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