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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Pi, when do animals try to escape from the zoo?
(a) When they are hungry.
(b) When they don't like their habitat.
(c) When they want to return to their prior home.
(d) When they are unhappy.

2. Which of the following does Pi discuss as a strange living arrangement of animals?
(a) Monkeys living with a zebra.
(b) Sheep living with a rhino.
(c) A mouse living with a viper.
(d) A cat living with a lion.

3. According to the author, which of the following was a reason why Pi decided to get back into the lifeboat?
(a) He was cold and tired.
(b) There was a shark in the water.
(c) He wanted to get dry.
(d) He knew the tiger would not hurt him.

4. How important is religion to Pi?
(a) It is somewhat important.
(b) It is very important.
(c) It is important depending on the circumstances.
(d) It is not important at all.

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 twice divorced.
(d) That Pi was married.

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

7. What happened after the meeting of Pi's parents and his religious teachers?
(a) They all had tea together.
(b) Pi went to bed.
(c) Pi went off by himself to think about the meeting.
(d) Pi's family went out for ice cream.

8. Why does the author promise the reader a happy ending to Pi's tale?
(a) So the reader will not feel so sad.
(b) He has no specific reason for doing this.
(c) Because people like to read books with happy endings.
(d) So the reader will continue reading the story.

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

10. What event showed that fortune was with Pi?
(a) He went to sleep early the night before.
(b) He was mobile enough to get in the lifeboat.
(c) He was not seasick.
(d) He didn't get killed by a falling zebra.

11. What separated Pi from the Tiger on the boat?
(a) A wall.
(b) A tarp.
(c) A table.
(d) A floor.

12. In Part 1, Chapter 36, who is not at Pi's home to welcome the author when the author meets again with Pi and his family?
(a) Pi's daughter.
(b) Pi's cat.
(c) Pi's wife.
(d) Pi's son.

13. What did Pi's father tell him was the second greatest danger in the zoo?
(a) Animal cruelty.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Man.
(d) Old buildings.

14. Why must a circus lion trainer establish that he is the alpha male with respect to the lion?
(a) The lion must know who is boss, which will make it feel secure.
(b) The trainer must show the lion he is physically stronger.
(c) All lions want to be dominated.
(d) Only female lions are used in the circus.

15. What does Pi lament to the author that he is forgetting?
(a) What his brother looked like.
(b) What his mother looked like.
(c) What Richard Parker looked like.
(d) What his father looked like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinced Pi he wasn't going to die?

2. Which of the following statements is true about Pi's parents' practice of their religion?

3. What does the author say was strange about the ecosystem in the lifeboat on the second day?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 33, when the author and Pi look through photos, what period in Pi's life has only a few photos?

5. What did the main character think about the animals in the zoo?

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