This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 33 | Part 1 Chapter 34 | Part 1 Chapter 35 | Part 1 Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author promise the reader a happy ending to Pi's tale?
(a) So the reader will continue reading the story.
(b) He has no specific reason for doing this.
(c) So the reader will not feel so sad.
(d) Because people like to read books with happy endings.

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

3. Who were the two men Pi called the "prophets of his youth"?
(a) Mamji and Pi's father.
(b) Satish Kumar, the atheist, and Satish Kumar, the Sufi.
(c) Satish Kumar, the Sufi, and Mamji.
(d) Satish Kumar, the atheist, and Mamji.

4. What did Pi do when he didn't feel as welcome to his interfaith practices as before?
(a) Lingered after Muslim prayers.
(b) Talked to his religious teachers.
(c) Changed Christian churches.
(d) Attended Hindu temple only at quiet times.

5. After the family sold the zoo, why did it take a year before they could leave India for Canada?
(a) No one wanted to buy the zoo animals.
(b) Pi's mother took that long to get the house and everything ready.
(c) The paperwork took that long.
(d) No one wanted to buy the zoo.