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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pi do each time he thought he saw lights in the distance?

2. What did Pi start to follow after his food supplies run low?

3. What did Pi always feel at the center of?

4. What did Pi bring to the tiger in the morning after they had both had a restless night's sleep?

5. What did Pi do to modify the raft?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pi put his crisis in perspective in Part 2, Chapter 60?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 95, who were dispatched to Mexico to meet Pi, and why?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 57, readers have their first encounter with "Prusten." What is it?

4. How did Pi learn to use the ocean to his benefit against the tiger in Part 2, Chapter 59?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 76, the author discusses Pi and the tiger's behavior regarding the tiger's feces. What does their behavior signify?

6. In Part 2, Chapter 89, Pi reached his lowest point in the crisis, and did what? What was Richard Parker's state during this time?

7. In Part 3, Chapters 98 and 99, the Japanese officials interviewed Pi about his story. Why do you think that the officials did not believe Pi?

8. What is one small detail of Pi's suffering that the author describes in Part 2, Chapter 64?

9. What did Pi and the tiger encounter in Part 2, Chapter 84 after the great storm?

10. Pi started to take on some of the tiger's traits in Part 2, Chapter 77. Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are multiple storms during the story. Each storm leaves Pi with a new vision and attitude about his ordeal and the future. Pick one such storm and describe the storm, its immediate effects on Pi, and its overall effect on the larger story themes.

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of Pi's diary in his ordeal? Is it important? Is it just "filler?" Why?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of Orange Juice and the hyena in the story?

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