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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, which of the following was a reason why Pi decided to get back into the lifeboat?
(a) He knew the tiger would not hurt him.
(b) There was a shark in the water.
(c) He wanted to get dry.
(d) He was cold and tired.

3. What convinced Pi he wasn't going to die?
(a) A friend.
(b) A voice.
(c) Richard Parker.
(d) A rat.

4. Pi took inventory of what on the boat?
(a) A metal cupboard.
(b) A cage.
(c) The locker.
(d) A wooden trunk.

5. 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 in Brazil.
(b) His time at the University of Toronto.
(c) His life in India.
(d) His wedding.

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

7. What did Pi do when he didn't feel as welcome to his interfaith practices as before?
(a) Changed Christian churches.
(b) Talked to his religious teachers.
(c) Lingered after Muslim prayers.
(d) Attended Hindu temple only at quiet times.

8. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Pi's prayer rug?
(a) It reminded him of the sacredness of the earth.
(b) He lost it.
(c) He used it outside.
(d) He used it in the mosque.

9. What made Pi re-evaluate his position in the lifeboat?
(a) He imagined that he saw his mother.
(b) He saw the tiger in the boat.
(c) He thought he saw an island on the horizon.
(d) He thought he saw a rescue boat.

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

11. When Pi got back into the lifeboat in Part 2, who did he see look out from under the tarp?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The hyena.
(c) The zebra.
(d) The monkey.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. In Part 1, Chapter 1, the main character tells about his experience in which location?
(a) A Canadian hospital.
(b) An English restaurant.
(c) A Mexican restaurant.
(d) A Mexican hospital.

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 practiced their Hindu religion faithfully all the time.
(c) Pi's parents were not very religious.
(d) Pi's mother had a Hindu upbringing, but had been schooled as a Presbyterian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were along the interior perimeter of the boat?

2. As Pi was in the lifeboat, what animal floated by and got into the boat?

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

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

5. What was the main character named after?

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