The Rabbits Quizzes

The Rabbits Quiz 1

By Maxwell Olson · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed January 08, 2021

1 Who wrote The Rabbits?

Shaun Tan

Shaun Marsden

John Marsden

John Tan
2 Where is The Rabbits set?

An unnamed country based on Canada

Australia

An unnamed country based on Australia

United States
3 Who illustrated The Rabbits?

John Marsden

Shaun Tan

John Marsden's son

John Tan
4 What genre is The Rabbits?

Short fiction

Biography

Historical nonfiction

Picture book
5 In what media is The Rabbits illustrated?

Gauche

Oil paint

Colored pencil

All of these
6 Who narrates The Rabbits?

An unnamed collective marsupial narrator

An unnamed Australian narrator

An unnamed rabbit narrator

John Marsden
7 What color are the marsupials?

Reddish brown

Blue

Black

White
8 What physical accessory helps personify the rabbits?

Jackets

Hats

Monocles

All of these
9 What do the curly white figures set against black voids at the beginning and end of the book depict?

Stars

Sea shells

Rabbit skeleton

Marsupial skeletons
10 Where do the marsupials live?

In castles

In houses

In trees

On shorelines
11 What protrudes from the rabbits' heads?

Crystals

Radio transmitters

Antennae

Ears
12 How do the marsupials initially react to the rabbits arriving in their country?

With hatred

With violence

With curiosity

With disgust
13 What do the elder marsupials warn?

The rabbits are violent monsters

The rabbits won't understand the right ways

The rabbits are dumb

The rabbits will put everyone to work in mines
14 Which answer is not one of the technologies the rabbits are shown using?

Telescopes

Cell phones

Compasses

Combustion engines
15 What does one of the rabbits lower into a scientific beaker of liquid?

A finger

A marsupial

A lizard

A feather
16 What color do the rabbits' eyes glow?

Red

Yellow

Green

Blue
17 How do the rabbits arrive in the country?

By car

By sailboat

By spaceship

By bridge
18 What color is the rabbits' flag?

Blue

Green

Yellow

Red
19 What design is on the rabbits' flag?

Arrows pointing in all directions

A crucifix

A large dot

A maple leaf
20 How do the rabbits construct their homes?

Out of concrete

Out of lumber

They steal them from the marsupials

Out of jigsaw-shaped pieces
21 Which is not a type of animal the rabbits bring to the country?

Dog

Cow

Giraffe

Sheep
22 The "food" that makes the marsupials sick is a metaphor for what?

Tobacco

Alcohol

Cannabis

Opium
23 What does Tan illustrate to indicate that the rabbits are working even at nighttime?

Lanterns

A clock showing the time

A sky full of stars

All of these
24 The Rabbits is an allegory for what historical event(s)?

Indigenous invasion of Britain

Rabbits displacing marsupials from New Zealand

British colonization of Australia

British colonization of Canada
25 What weapons do the marsupials use against the rabbits?

Cannons

Pistols

Bombs

Spears

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