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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 83 | Part 2 Chapter 84 | Part 2 Chapter 85.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the following is not true about Pi's visit to a Christian church and his meeting with Father Martin?
(a) Pi did not feel he belonged in the Christian church.
(b) Pi told Father Martin that he wanted to become a Christian.
(c) Pi went to a Hindu temple after he went to the Christian church.
(d) Pi thought the story about Jesus to be odd.

2. As Pi was learning about Islam, he visited a Muslim shopkeeper. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Pi bought Muslim prayer beads at the shop.
(b) The shopkeeper took Pi to a mosque.
(c) Pi didn't have dinner with the shopkeeper.
(d) The shopkeeper asked Pi to leave when it was time to pray.

3. Why did Pi throw himself out of the lifeboat?
(a) Someone called to him to swim to another boat.
(b) He was hot and he thought he could cool off in the water.
(c) He realized he was in a boat with a Bengal tiger.
(d) He thought he saw another lifeboat that might be safer.

4. What did Pi do to keep Richard Parker satisfied?
(a) Did not get near him, leaving him alone.
(b) Caught as many fish as possible.
(c) Put him on the raft.
(d) Talked to him while he petted him.

5. How did Pi end up in the lifeboat?
(a) He fell off the ship and swam to the lifeboat.
(b) It was his assigned lifeboat and he went there as the ship sank.
(c) He was thrown overboard and landed there.
(d) His father put him there as the ship was sinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Pi had no bait, what did he cut up to fish with in the morning, after his leather shoe was unsuccessful?

2. Who was Mr. Satish Kumar?

3. What did Pi plan to do with Richard Parker the night after he finished the raft?

4. How large was the boat?

5. What did Pi do to exert his dominance over the tiger?

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