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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. Pi's interest in which of the following is one of the themes that runs throughout the book?
(a) Politics.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Zoology.
(d) Botany.

2. Which of these events did not occur before the ship sank?
(a) Pi found rising water blocking his way when he tried to return to his room.
(b) There was a general alarm to alert everyone that the ship was sinking.
(c) Pi woke up and decided to go exploring.
(d) Acccording to Pi's brother, there had been some problem with the engines.

3. What did Pi do when he didn't feel as welcome to his interfaith practices as before?
(a) Changed Christian churches.
(b) Talked to his religious teachers.
(c) Attended Hindu temple only at quiet times.
(d) Lingered after Muslim prayers.

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

5. The author uses the animals as symbols of what?
(a) Different aspects of human nature.
(b) Pi or some part of him.
(c) They are not symbols.
(d) Man's aggression.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Pi first learn about Islam?

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

3. Who is Antieji?

4. When Pi saw a sea turtle near the boat, what did he do?

5. What happened when the two Mr. Kumars in Pi's life meet by chance at the zoo?

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