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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 41 | Part 2 Chapter 42 | Part 2 Chapter 43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when the two Mr. Kumars in Pi's life meet by chance at the zoo?
(a) The two Mr. Kumars discussed Pi's interfaith practices.
(b) Nothing. After an introduction they each went their separate ways.
(c) Pi gave them both carrots to feed the zebras.
(d) Pi invited both Mr. Kumars to stay for tea at the zoo.

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

3. 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 went to a Hindu temple after he went to the Christian church.
(d) Pi did not feel he belonged in the Christian church.

4. What does Pi lament to the author that he is forgetting?
(a) What his mother looked like.
(b) What his father looked like.
(c) What Richard Parker looked like.
(d) What his brother looked like.

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Pi's baptism?
(a) His father, mother and brother came, even though it was against their will.
(b) The actual baptism was, for him, as refreshing as a warm summer rain.
(c) It was an uncomfortable event for Pi.
(d) The actual baptism involved only a trickle of water poured over his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why must a circus lion trainer establish that he is the alpha male with respect to the lion?

2. According to the author, which of the following was a reason why Pi decided to get back into the lifeboat?

3. How did Pi end up in the lifeboat?

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

5. As Pi was in the lifeboat, what animal floated by and got into the boat?

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