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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 68 | Part 2 Chapter 69 | Part 2 Chapter 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Richard Parker react when Pi shouted a greeting to him?
(a) Growled and roared.
(b) Responded with the same sounds as before.
(c) Turned away from Pi, silent.
(d) Came closer to Pi to see what Pi wanted.

2. What were two big events in Pi's daily routine?
(a) Collecting rainfall and catching turtles.
(b) Eating and drinking water on his raft.
(c) Talking with the tiger and fishing.
(d) Taking his raft out for a while and feeding the tiger.

3. Why did Pi throw himself out of the lifeboat?
(a) He was hot and he thought he could cool off in the water.
(b) Someone called to him to swim to another boat.
(c) He realized he was in a boat with a Bengal tiger.
(d) He thought he saw another lifeboat that might be safer.

4. What do Pi's parents think about his being so religious?
(a) While they may not believe as Pi does, they encourage him.
(b) They just want Pi to be happy.
(c) They hope Pi's religious fervor is a passing phase.
(d) They think Pi should choose one religion, whichever one he wants.

5. What did a British Royal Navy commander write that Pi took the time to read?
(a) A manual on how to hunt and fish after being shipwrecked,
(b) A manual on British flora and fauna,
(c) A manual about the ocean tides and currents.
(d) A survival manual with practical advice on how to survive a shipwreck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mamji?

2. What did Pi build a raft out of?

3. What is life's only opponent, in the eyes of Pi?

4. What did Pi do each time he thought he saw lights in the distance?

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

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