If I Ran the Zoo Quizzes

If I Ran the Zoo Quiz 1

1 Who wrote If I Ran the Zoo?

Jonathan Swift

Gerald McGrew

Dr. Seuss

John Quincy Adams
2 Who narrates the majority of If I Ran the Zoo?

The adult zookeeper

An unnamed first-person narrator

Gerald McGrew

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

Gerald McGrew

Illustrator unknown

AI Technology

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

1950

2001

2021

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

Dog

Lion

Deer

Cat
6 Who is the story's protagonist?

There is no protagonist

The adult zookeeper

Gerald

The ten-footed lion
7 In what meter is the book writtten?

Anapestic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter
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 pretty good

It's mind-numbingly boring

It's awful

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

Depressed

Hopeless

Lazy

Proud
11 What does Gerald call his imagined zoo?

Zazoo Zoo

Kablue Zoo

McGrew Zoo

Razzaloo 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?

Green

Yellow

Blue

Red
14 What hybrid animal does Gerald conjure up?

Scorpion-toad

Lizard-bird

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

Custard and mustard

Buttons and thread

Grass and rasberries
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

Chipmunks

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

They are blind

No reason

They are entangled with their family members' anters

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

Cacota

Iota

Babota

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

Asia

Antarctica

Africa

Australia
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 Zind chieftains

The Persian princes

The inhabitants of Yerka

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

Russian Palooski

Obsk

Zizanell

Nerd
25 How does the story end?

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

With Gerald grown up, running his own zoo

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