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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 95 | Part 3 Chapter 96 | Part 3 Chapter 97.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the hyena began to act strangely, what did Pi do?
(a) Jumped back into the water.
(b) Tried to quiet the hyena by distracting it.
(c) Hid under the tarp.
(d) Sat still and thought about the predatory powers of the hyena.

2. What does the author say was strange about the ecosystem in the lifeboat on the second day?
(a) The hyena was in the boat.
(b) Two wild animals slept in the boat.
(c) The hyena and a human were in the same boat.
(d) The hyena and orangutan existed side by side and ignored each other.

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

4. What did Pi use, lose, and re-create, to protect himself while training the tiger?
(a) A turtle shell shield.
(b) A shield made of part of the raft.
(c) A shield made of the locker door.
(d) A shield made of wood from the benches in the boat.

5. In Part 1, Chapter 30, what does the author say he learned about Pi when they met?
(a) That Pi did not believe in marriage.
(b) That Pi's wife's name is Meena and she is a doctor.
(c) That Pi was married.
(d) That Pi was twice divorced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pi share for food with Richard Parker after butchering it?

2. Which is the following is not true about Pi's visit to a Christian church and his meeting with Father Martin?

3. What were along the interior perimeter of the boat?

4. What did Pi plan to do with the tiger once the tiger expressed friendliness and harmlessness?

5. Who were the two men Pi called the "prophets of his youth"?

(see the answer key)

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