Pocket Pets Review

The most common type of hamster is the ______.

• Golden hamster

• Red hamster

• Saber toothed hamster

• Teddy bear hamster

The dwarf/desert hamster is not recommended as a pet for small children because:

• They bite

• They are too small for a child to handle

• They're too big

• None of these

Hamsters were used for ____ before it was discovered that they made good pets

• Research

• Food

• Stunt car drivers

• Animal feed

Gerbils are generally a little ____ than hamsters.

• smaller

• same size

• larger

• meaner

All of these are true of gerbils EXCEPT:

• First bred in captivity by Japanese scientists

• Seldom bite

• Very smelly

• Easy to work with/gentle

• Active during the day

The brown rat is _____ than the black rat

• smaller

• thinner

• more gentle

• larger

______ rats are used a lot in behavior studies

• brown

• black

• white

• none of these

Which one of these is not a mouse color?

• piebald

• Tan

• Satin

• Orange

Which is NOT a characteristic of mice that are kept as pets/used for research?

• Relatively disease free

• Low tendency to bite

• Rarely bite if handled regularly

• Used for heredity studies

• Test pilots

Guinea pigs were originally bred for:

• Research animals

• Pets

• Food for humans

• Fighter pilots