The Zoo Story Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Zoo Story Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 177 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind(s) of pet(s) does Peter's family have?
(a) Cats
(b) Dogs
(c) Lizards
(d) Parakeets

2. To what question does Peter return?
(a) The question of the zoo.
(b) The question about where Peter lives.
(c) The question about Peter's children.
(d) The question about Peter's job.

3. How does the landlady act towards Jerry?
(a) She does not talk to him.
(b) She emits fumes and sexual lust towards him.
(c) She is understanding and sweet.
(d) She only talks to him when rent is due.

4. Why does his mother walk out on his father when he was ten-and-a-half-years old?
(a) To get revenge on his father.
(b) To sleep with many men in the southern United States.
(c) To protect her son.
(d) To find a better life.

5. Who is fat, ugly, mean and stupid, according to Jerry?
(a) His mom
(b) A neighbor
(c) His landlady
(d) The dog

6. Where does a person have to go this distance?
(a) Away from the park.
(b) Towards the park.
(c) On his way.
(d) Out of his way.

7. When did Jerry ask questions about the zoo?
(a) Peter had asked Jerry about the zoo.
(b) He has not yet asked a question about the zoo.
(c) Just a moment ago.
(d) When the two first met moments earlier.

8. What does Jerry's typewriter type?
(a) Only lower case letters
(b) Nothing
(c) Only capital letters
(d) Only consonants

9. How does Jerry look?
(a) More unkempt, disheveled and rugged.
(b) Reserved and classic-looking.
(c) Shy and quiet.
(d) Wealthy and sophisticated.

10. To what is the landlady compared?
(a) A mother hen.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A princess.
(d) A watchdog.

11. When Jerry talks about being with ladies, he says that most of them wouldn't be caught in the same room with a _______.
(a) Dog
(b) Peter
(c) Camera
(d) Him

12. Where does Peter assume that Jerry lives?
(a) The Village
(b) Upper East Side
(c) Bronx
(d) West Side

13. Does Peter want to have more children in the future?
(a) Maybe
(b) He's not sure.
(c) No
(d) Yes

14. What does the woman on the third floor do?
(a) Cries all of the time.
(b) Reprimands her children.
(c) Calls Jerry all time.
(d) Sings in the shower.

15. How does Jerry feel when he wonders if Peter will tell him to get married and to have parakeets one day?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Worried.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerry begin to ask Peter?

2. How many children does Peter have?

3. Jerry says this is one of those things who has to do?

4. What does Jerry call that incident?

5. What is the first line of the play?

(see the answer keys)

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