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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 17 | Part 1 Chapter 18 | Part 1 Chapter 19 | Part 1 Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mamji?
(a) A person who worked for Pi's father at the zoo.
(b) A person who studied in England for two years.
(c) A respectful, affectionate term for an older person.
(d) A person who used to be a competitive swimmer.

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

3. What is the purpose of the italicized chapters?
(a) To tell the reader how the author discovered the story.
(b) To add some mysteriousness to the story.
(c) To confuse the reader.
(d) To give the reader some background about the man.

4. How did Pi first learn about Islam?
(a) By talking to his friends.
(b) By listening to his parents.
(c) By discovering the Muslim section of his town.
(d) By studying at school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mr. Satish Kumar?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 1, the main character tells about his experience in which location?

3. The nameless male character introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2 reappears in Part 1, Chapter 6. Readers now learn what about this man?

4. The main character's father loved to talk about what subject?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 12, what do readers learn about the nameless man?

(see the answer key)

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