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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the omega animal?
(a) The hardest animal to train.
(b) The one with the highest social standing in their group.
(c) The animal that is given the easiest tricks to learn.
(d) The one with the lowest social standing in their group.

2. In Pi's story, which of these statements is true about the black leopard that escaped from the Zurich Zoo?
(a) She escaped during the day when the zookeeper left her cage open.
(b) She shared her habitat with a male that she did not get along with.
(c) She roamed the countryside killing small animals.
(d) She lived for ten weeks before she was captured.

3. What were along the interior perimeter of the boat?
(a) Chairs.
(b) Benches.
(c) Lamps.
(d) Shelves.

4. In Part 1, Chapter 12, what do readers learn about the nameless man?
(a) He is the main character.
(b) The author uses him only as a means to tell the story.
(c) He will probably remain nameless throughout the story.
(d) He is a relative of the main character.

5. In Part 1, Chapter 21, what is the author's purpose in writing about what he thinks after interviewing Pi?
(a) To help the reader understand Pi better.
(b) To make the reader aware that the author likes Pi.
(c) To make the reader aware of the author's religious beliefs.
(d) To help the reader know what the author thinks.

6. When Pi's father took his sons on a tour of the zoo, which of the following statements is not true?
(a) His father told them not to try and pet a tiger.
(b) His father told them none of the animals could be touched.
(c) His father showed them how quickly animals could kill them.
(d) They watched a tiger eat a goat.

7. The main character grew up in what country?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Canada.
(c) India.
(d) United States.

8. Which of the reasons listed below is NOT one of the reasons Pi's father decided to move the family to Canada?
(a) His father wanted to give Pi a broader view of life and religion.
(b) His father hoped to provide a better life for the family in Canada.
(c) His father thought there would be changes in India because of Mrs. Ghandi.
(d) His father worried about the political situation in India.

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

10. When Pi saw a sea turtle near the boat, what did he do?
(a) Got into the water and swam with the turtle.
(b) Commanded the turtle to go for help.
(c) Watched the turtle until it swam off.
(d) Talked to the turtle.

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

12. What did Pi do the first day in the life boat?
(a) He helped the animals on board.
(b) He explored the life boat.
(c) He kept alert looking for survivors and rescue teams.
(d) He made himself secure.

13. When did Pi feel that God was very close to him?
(a) One day when he was riding his bike home from Mr. Kumar's, the Muslim.
(b) When he was praying in the Christian church.
(c) When he watched the Muslim shopkeeper.
(d) When he was praying in the mosque.

14. How did Pi first learn about Islam?
(a) By talking to his friends.
(b) By discovering the Muslim section of his town.
(c) By studying at school.
(d) By listening to his parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true about Pi's family's departure from India?

2. Pi and Mr. Kumar agreed on what?

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

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. When Pi got back into the lifeboat in Part 2, who did he see look out from under the tarp?

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