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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. Which is the following is not true about Pi's visit to a Christian church and his meeting with Father Martin?
(a) Pi went to a Hindu temple after he went to the Christian church.
(b) Pi thought the story about Jesus to be odd.
(c) Pi did not feel he belonged in the Christian church.
(d) Pi told Father Martin that he wanted to become a Christian.

2. When Pi's father took his sons on a tour of the zoo, which of the following statements is not true?
(a) His father showed them how quickly animals could kill them.
(b) His father told them not to try and pet a tiger.
(c) His father told them none of the animals could be touched.
(d) They watched a tiger eat a goat.

3. How did Richard Parker end up in the lifeboat with Pi?
(a) Pi doesn't know how he got there.
(b) He jumped into the boat from the ship.
(c) Pi helped him swim to the boat by throwing him a life buoy.
(d) He was there before Pi got in.

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

5. As night fell on his first day in the lifeboat, why did Pi become scared?
(a) It would be dark and rescue boats wouldn't see him.
(b) He didn't know what would happen.
(c) He knew the hyena was capable of hurting him.
(d) All answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Pi's story, which of these statements is true about the black leopard that escaped from the Zurich Zoo?

2. Symbolically, what does it mean when the storm clears?

3. What did Pi do the first day in the life boat?

4. How important is religion to Pi?

5. How did Pi first learn about Islam?

(see the answer key)

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