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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 80 | Part 2 Chapter 81 | Part 2 Chapter 82.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is true about Pi's family's departure from India?
(a) Other families on the ship were going to Canada as well.
(b) The whole family was excited about going to Canada.
(c) Pi was excited about leaving, but his mother was sad.
(d) The ship was delayed in its departure because of weather.

2. What were the greatest of contradictions, according to Pi?
(a) Faith and hopelessness.
(b) Boredom and terror.
(c) Darkness of the night and the daylight.
(d) The sea and the sky.

3. What emerged for Pi through the darkest times?
(a) His love for his mother.
(b) His despair.
(c) His hope.
(d) His faith.

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

5. When did Pi feel that God was very close to him?
(a) When he was praying in the Christian church.
(b) One day when he was riding his bike home from Mr. Kumar's, the Muslim.
(c) When he was praying in the mosque.
(d) When he watched the Muslim shopkeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the family sold the zoo, why did it take a year before they could leave India for Canada?

2. What was an act of deference by the tiger to Pi?

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

4. What is the purpose of the italicized chapters?

5. When did Pi start spending more time on the lifeboat?

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