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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 47 | Part 2 Chapter 48 | Part 2 Chapter 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Pi spend his second night on the lifeboat?
(a) Walking about the boat.
(b) Swimming and sleeping.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Crying with grief about his family.

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 went to a Hindu temple after he went to the Christian church.
(c) Pi thought the story about Jesus to be odd.
(d) Pi did not feel he belonged in the Christian church.

4. What did the main character think about the animals in the zoo?
(a) They were fearful of the other animals in the zoo.
(b) They were happy living in the zoo.
(c) They would like to return to the wild.
(d) They were not happy living in the zoo.

5. When Pi was 14, he went on a family vacation to Munmar and saw what on the top of three hills?
(a) Religious temples.
(b) Parks.
(c) Tea estates.
(d) Hotels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened after the meeting of Pi's parents and his religious teachers?

2. When Pi got back into the lifeboat in Part 2, who did he see look out from under the tarp?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 33, when the author and Pi look through photos, what period in Pi's life has only a few photos?

4. On the first day, what animals did Pi think were on the lifeboat?

5. The author uses the animals as symbols of what?

(see the answer key)

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