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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pi did what with the raft after he built it?
(a) Put it on the dry land to keep it safe.
(b) Tethered it to the boat.
(c) Set it free into the water.
(d) Used it to build a wall to block Richard Parker's view of him sleeping.

2. Pi was becoming hopeless after the zebra was killed, so he decided to do what?
(a) Jump overboard and let the sharks kill him.
(b) Throw himself at the hyena for a fight to the death.
(c) Do nothing and wait to be rescued.
(d) Pray to God for deliverance.

3. 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) They agreed Pi should continue exploring his religious beliefs.
(c) Each teacher thought their religions had similarities.
(d) Each teacher thought Pi was more faithful to his religion than to the others.

4. According to Pi's father, what kind of an environment do animals seek?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Safe.
(c) Free.
(d) Happy.

5. What do Pi's parents think about his being so religious?
(a) They think Pi should choose one religion, whichever one he wants.
(b) They just want Pi to be happy.
(c) While they may not believe as Pi does, they encourage him.
(d) They hope Pi's religious fervor is a passing phase.

6. Why did Pi throw himself out of the lifeboat?
(a) He thought he saw another lifeboat that might be safer.
(b) Someone called to him to swim to another boat.
(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.

7. What does the author say was strange about the ecosystem in the lifeboat on the second day?
(a) The hyena and orangutan existed side by side and ignored each other.
(b) The hyena was in the boat.
(c) The hyena and a human were in the same boat.
(d) Two wild animals slept in the boat.

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

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

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

11. 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 daughter.
(c) Pi's cat.
(d) Pi's son.

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

13. Who were the two men Pi called the "prophets of his youth"?
(a) Satish Kumar, the atheist, and Mamji.
(b) Satish Kumar, the atheist, and Satish Kumar, the Sufi.
(c) Satish Kumar, the Sufi, and Mamji.
(d) Mamji and Pi's father.

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

15. The nameless male character introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2 reappears in Part 1, Chapter 6. Readers now learn what about this man?
(a) He teaches the main character about animals.
(b) He works in the zoo.
(c) He is a great cook with an extensive spice collection.
(d) He likes to swim.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Pi feel that God was very close to him?

2. Which of the reasons listed below is NOT one of the reasons Pi's father decided to move the family to Canada?

3. Why does Pi think that the hyena did not attack him?

4. What was the main character named after?

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

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