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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Pi was losing hope, his courage rose and what did he no longer fear?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The hyena.
(c) Going hungry.
(d) Sleeping in the boat.

2. 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 wife.
(b) Pi's cat.
(c) Pi's daughter.
(d) Pi's son.

3. What did the main character think about the animals in the zoo?
(a) They were fearful of the other animals in the zoo.
(b) They were happy living in the zoo.
(c) They would like to return to the wild.
(d) They were not happy living in the zoo.

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

5. What did Pi build a raft out of?
(a) Life jackets and floating oars.
(b) Logs and life jackets.
(c) Wood and rope.
(d) Oars and floating logs.

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

7. What happened at the meeting with Pi's parents and his three religious teachers?
(a) They all agreed Pi could be a Hindu, Muslim, and Christian at the same time.
(b) Each teacher thought Pi was more faithful to his religion than to the others.
(c) Each teacher thought their religions had similarities.
(d) They agreed Pi should continue exploring his religious beliefs.

8. On the first day, what animals did Pi think were on the lifeboat?
(a) Two hyenas, a zebra, and a dog.
(b) A hyena, a zebra, and an orangutan.
(c) A zebra, an orangutan, a dog, and a hyena.
(d) A hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a monkey.

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

10. How did Richard Parker end up in the lifeboat with Pi?
(a) Pi doesn't know how he got there.
(b) Pi helped him swim to the boat by throwing him a life buoy.
(c) He was there before Pi got in.
(d) He jumped into the boat from the ship.

11. How did Pi end up in the lifeboat?
(a) He fell off the ship and swam to the lifeboat.
(b) He was thrown overboard and landed there.
(c) It was his assigned lifeboat and he went there as the ship sank.
(d) His father put him there as the ship was sinking.

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

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

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

15. Which of the following statements is true about Pi's parents' practice of their religion?
(a) Pi's father was raised as a Hindu, but had been schooled as a Baptist.
(b) Pi's parents were not very religious.
(c) Pi's mother had a Hindu upbringing, but had been schooled as a Presbyterian.
(d) Pi's parents practiced their Hindu religion faithfully all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the first night on the lifeboat, what did the hyena do?

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

3. What is the omega animal?

4. What do Pi's parents think about his being so religious?

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

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