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

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

3. What did Pi have a hard time butchering?
(a) Turtles.
(b) Fish.
(c) Eels.
(d) Sharks.

4. What of Pi's disintegrated from the sun and salt?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His boat.
(c) His food.
(d) His raft.

5. What was the main character named after?
(a) A famous landmark.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) A swimming pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Pi's baptism?

2. How did Richard Parker react when Pi shouted a greeting to him?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 12, what do readers learn about the nameless man?

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

5. What did Pi make the lifeboat more and more into?

(see the answer key)

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