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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the reaction of Pi's parents to Pi's explorations and practices of various religions?
(a) They wanted him to choose one faith and practice it.
(b) They wanted him to stop exploring religions and settle on one.
(c) They thought he was doing the right thing.
(d) They were uncomfortable with his religious practices.

2. Symbolically, what does it mean when the storm clears?
(a) That good always follows bad.
(b) That bad things happen to good people.
(c) That there would be no more rain.
(d) That the worst may be over.

3. Which of these events did not occur before the ship sank?
(a) Acccording to Pi's brother, there had been some problem with the engines.
(b) Pi woke up and decided to go exploring.
(c) Pi found rising water blocking his way when he tried to return to his room.
(d) There was a general alarm to alert everyone that the ship was sinking.

4. Pi and Mr. Kumar agreed on what?
(a) That Pi should spend more time studying.
(b) On politics.
(c) That all religions were basically the same.
(d) On the sacredness of the zoo.

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Pi's baptism?
(a) It was an uncomfortable event for Pi.
(b) The actual baptism was, for him, as refreshing as a warm summer rain.
(c) The actual baptism involved only a trickle of water poured over his head.
(d) His father, mother and brother came, even though it was against their will.

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

7. What was the response of Pi's father to his request for Christian baptism and a prayer rug?
(a) His father didn't question him about this decision.
(b) His father thought it was a good idea.
(c) His father just wanted Pi to be happy.
(d) His father said to talk to his mother about it.

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

9. In Part 1, Chapter 33, when the author and Pi look through photos, what period in Pi's life has only a few photos?
(a) His time at the University of Toronto.
(b) His life in India.
(c) His time in Brazil.
(d) His wedding.

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

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

12. According to Pi, why will a lion in a zoo attack?
(a) It is hungry.
(b) It doesn't like the trainer or zookeeper.
(c) Its territory is invaded.
(d) It is mean.

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

14. The author uses the animals as symbols of what?
(a) Man's aggression.
(b) They are not symbols.
(c) Different aspects of human nature.
(d) Pi or some part of him.

15. When Pi was 14, he went on a family vacation to Munmar and saw what on the top of three hills?
(a) Tea estates.
(b) Hotels.
(c) Parks.
(d) Religious temples.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pi did what with the raft after he built it?

2. How did Richard Parker end up in the lifeboat with Pi?

3. What was the response of Pi's mother to his request for a Christian baptism and a prayer rug?

4. What did Pi say at the meeting of his parents and his religious teachers?

5. What did Pi do the first day in the life boat?

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