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?
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

Dr. Seuss

Gerald McGrew
4 In what year was If I Ran the Zoo first published?
2021

2001

1950

2000
5 What real animal is lying in the cage when Gerald arrives at the zoo?
Dog

Lion

Cat

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

There is no protagonist

Gerald

The adult zookeeper
7 In what meter is the book writtten?
Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic tetrameter

Anapestic pentameter

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

Global Conquest

Imagination

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

It's awful

It's fantastic

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

Depressed

Lazy

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

Zazoo Zoo

McGrew Zoo

Kablue 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?
Yellow

Red

Blue

Green
14 What hybrid animal does Gerald conjure up?
Dog-cat

Lizard-bird

Scorpion-toad

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

Skeegle-mobile

Dogsled

Seadoo
16 What do the Bustard and Flustard eat?
Grass and rasberries

Buttons and thread

Custard and mustard

Small wingless flies
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?
Hunks

Lunks

Chipmunks

Skunks
19 Why can't Gerald's deer recognize their own antlers?
They can't look on top of their heads

No reason

They are entangled with their family members' anters

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

Smota

Cacota

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

Africa

Asia

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

Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Moo

Zheesha Zsho

Tick-Tack-Toe
23 Which humans in the book does Gerald say he doesn't know the names of?
The Persian princes

The inhabitants of Yerka

The Zind chieftains

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 standing in the same place as the beginning

With Gerald locked up in one of his own cages

With Gerald grown up, running his own zoo

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

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