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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. After the hyena killed the zebra, what did the hyena do?
(a) Tried to kill Pi.
(b) Went to sleep.
(c) Jumped overboard.
(d) Killed Orange Juice.

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

4. The main character's father loved to talk about what subject?
(a) History.
(b) Zoology.
(c) Animals.
(d) Swimming.

5. Why does Pi think that the hyena did not attack him?
(a) Because the tiger was in the boat.
(b) Because the hyena wasn't hungry.
(c) Because Pi had not yet gotten close enough to him.
(d) Because the hyena had not yet gotten to him.

6. As Pi was learning about Islam, he visited a Muslim shopkeeper. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) The shopkeeper took Pi to a mosque.
(b) The shopkeeper asked Pi to leave when it was time to pray.
(c) Pi didn't have dinner with the shopkeeper.
(d) Pi bought Muslim prayer beads at the shop.

7. 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) All lions want to be dominated.
(c) Only female lions are used in the circus.
(d) The trainer must show the lion he is physically stronger.

8. What is the purpose of the italicized chapters?
(a) To tell the reader how the author discovered the story.
(b) To confuse the reader.
(c) To give the reader some background about the man.
(d) To add some mysteriousness to the story.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Symbolically, what does it mean when the storm clears?

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

4. When Pi was 14, he went on a family vacation to Munmar and saw what on the top of three hills?

5. What is the omega animal?

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