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

2. What did Pi do when the sun rose the day after he built his raft?
(a) Fell asleep exhausted, wrapped in his warm blanket.
(b) Created a fishing line to use to catch food.
(c) Moved closer to the tiger for protection.
(d) Prepared to battle the tiger.

3. Pi did what with the raft after he built it?
(a) Used it to build a wall to block Richard Parker's view of him sleeping.
(b) Tethered it to the boat.
(c) Put it on the dry land to keep it safe.
(d) Set it free into the water.

4. What did the tiger like to lean over the edge of the boat and club to death, then eat?
(a) Eels.
(b) Fish.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Sharks.

5. Pi's interest in which of the following is one of the themes that runs throughout the book?
(a) Politics.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Botany.
(d) Zoology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does the meeting at the zoo between the two Mr. Kumars have any special significance?

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

3. What convinced Pi he wasn't going to die?

4. Which of the reasons listed below is NOT one of the reasons Pi's father decided to move the family to Canada?

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

(see the answer key)

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