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

Gerald McGrew

John Quincy Adams
2 Who narrates the majority of If I Ran the Zoo?
Gerald's mother

The adult zookeeper

Gerald McGrew

An unnamed first-person narrator
3 Who illustrated If I Ran the Zoo?
Dr. Seuss

AI Technology

Illustrator unknown

Gerald McGrew
4 In what year was If I Ran the Zoo first published?
2000

2001

1950

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

Cat

Deer

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?
Anapestic tetrameter

Anapestic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

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

Imagination

True Love

Global Conquest
9 What is Gerald's first impression of the zoo?
It's mind-numbingly boring

It's pretty good

It's awful

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

Proud

Depressed

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

Kablue Zoo

McGrew Zoo

Razzaloo 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

Blue

Red

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

Dog-cat

Elephant-cat

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

Skeegle-mobile

Skidoo

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

Buttons and thread

Small wingless flies

Grass and rasberries
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?
Chipmunks

Hunks

Skunks

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

No reason

They are blind

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

Smota

Babota

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

Asia

Antarctica

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

Spinner bug

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 Persian princes

The Zind chieftains

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

Zizanell

Nerd

Obsk
25 How does the story end?
With Gerald locked up in one of his own cages

With Gerald standing in the same place as the beginning

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

With Gerald grown up, running his own zoo

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