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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 77 | Part 2 Chapter 78 | Part 2 Chapter 79.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pi always feel at the center of?
(a) A huge circle made of sky and ocean.
(b) The circle of the sea.
(c) A circle of despair and hopelessness.
(d) The circle of life.

2. What were the greatest of contradictions, according to Pi?
(a) The sea and the sky.
(b) Darkness of the night and the daylight.
(c) Faith and hopelessness.
(d) Boredom and terror.

3. What convinced Pi he wasn't going to die?
(a) A friend.
(b) Richard Parker.
(c) A voice.
(d) A rat.

4. What happened as starvation began to set in?
(a) Pi spent all day rocking back and forth on the raft.
(b) Pi's body began to break down and standing was difficult.
(c) Pi thought about killing and eating the tiger.
(d) Pi gave up the will to survive.

5. Does the meeting at the zoo between the two Mr. Kumars have any special significance?
(a) No, but it made Pi feel uncomfortable.
(b) Yes. It represents the two sides of Pi's character--his piety and his interest in creation.
(c) No. It was just an event that happened.
(d) Yes. It signifies that Pi has not yet assimilated what he has learned from the two Mr. Kumars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the tiger like to lean over the edge of the boat and club to death, then eat?

2. What did Pi do when the sun rose the day after he built his raft?

3. What did Richard Parker kill while Pi was building the raft?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 30, what does the author say he learned about Pi when they met?

5. What did Pi build a raft out of?

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