My daughter's first experiment with python

animals.py

"""The Animal Guessing Game 
dichotomous keys and python
author: Frances Darringer, age 9
"""

def main():
	print "Hello, and welcome to the animal guess game!"
	print "In this game, I will give you a list of 7 animals.  They are: "
	print "(1) Panda"
	print "(2) Dolphin "
	print "(3) Shark "
	print "(4) Cheetah "
	print "(5) bat " 
	print "(6) hedgehog "  
	print "(7) bumblebee "
	print "Now pick one of these animals, but do not tell anyone which animal you picked! don't even click on it!"
	raw_input("Are you ready?  Press return to continue...")

	if checkAnswer("Is your animal a land animal?"):
		if checkAnswer("Is your animal white and/or black?"):
			if checkAnswer("does your animal fly?"):
				print " IT IS A BAT!" 
			else:
				print "IT IS A PANDA!"
		else:
			if checkAnswer("is your animal prickly?"):
				print "IT IS A HEDGEHOG!"
			else:
				print "IT IS A BUMBLEBEE"
	else:              		
    		if checkAnswer("Does your animal start with the letter D?"):
        		print "IT IS A DOLPHIN!"
    		else:
			print "IT IS A SHARK!"


def checkAnswer(question):
	answer = raw_input(question)
	answer = answer.lower()
	while answer not in ['y', 'n', 'yes', 'no']:
		print "Sorry, but I do not know what you wrote.  Please try again."
		answer = raw_input(question)
		answer = answer.lower()	
	if answer in ['y', 'yes']:
		return 1
	else:
		return 0

main()