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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 25 | Part 1 Chapter 26 | Part 1 Chapter 27 | Part 1 Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How important is religion to Pi?
(a) It is very important.
(b) It is important depending on the circumstances.
(c) It is somewhat important.
(d) It is not important at all.

2. 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 give the reader some background about the man.
(d) To confuse the reader.

3. In Pi's story, which of these statements is true about the black leopard that escaped from the Zurich Zoo?
(a) She escaped during the day when the zookeeper left her cage open.
(b) She shared her habitat with a male that she did not get along with.
(c) She roamed the countryside killing small animals.
(d) She lived for ten weeks before she was captured.

4. In Part 1, Chapter 21, what is the author's purpose in writing about what he thinks after interviewing Pi?
(a) To help the reader know what the author thinks.
(b) To make the reader aware of the author's religious beliefs.
(c) To make the reader aware that the author likes Pi.
(d) To help the reader understand Pi better.

5. What did Pi's father tell him was the second greatest danger in the zoo?
(a) Anthropomorphism.
(b) Old buildings.
(c) Animal cruelty.
(d) Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the response of Pi's mother to his request for a Christian baptism and a prayer rug?

2. What animal do zookeepers think of as the most dangerous animal in the zoo?

3. When did Pi feel that God was very close to him?

4. What religion is Pi?

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

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