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

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Pi's prayer rug?
(a) He used it in the mosque.
(b) He lost it.
(c) It reminded him of the sacredness of the earth.
(d) He used it outside.

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

4. When did Pi start spending more time on the lifeboat?
(a) When the tiger moved to the raft.
(b) When the raft was ruined in the storm.
(c) When Pi lost his blanket to the sea during the storm.
(d) When the tiger did not attack him after the storm.

5. What did Pi do to exert his dominance over the tiger?
(a) Cleaned the boat of the tiger's urine in front of him.
(b) Conducted his daily routine in front of him.
(c) Cleaned the fish he caught in front of him.
(d) Handled the tiger's feces in front of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pi fail to control as time passed on the liferaft?

2. What was one thing Pi was concerned and obsessed about not having enough of?

3. Where was Richard Parker's territory?

4. What event showed that fortune was with Pi?

5. After Pi was nearly starving, what did a storm of flying fish bring onto the boat?

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