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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pi say at the meeting of his parents and his religious teachers?
(a) He wanted to study more about the religions.
(b) He would think about they said.
(c) He just wanted to love God.
(d) The religions were similar.

2. What did Richard Parker kill while Pi was building the raft?
(a) A rat.
(b) A hyena.
(c) A fish.
(d) A bird.

3. Which is the following is not true about Pi's visit to a Christian church and his meeting with Father Martin?
(a) Pi told Father Martin that he wanted to become a Christian.
(b) Pi went to a Hindu temple after he went to the Christian church.
(c) Pi did not feel he belonged in the Christian church.
(d) Pi thought the story about Jesus to be odd.

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

5. 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, an orangutan, and a monkey.
(c) A zebra, an orangutan, a dog, and a hyena.
(d) A hyena, a zebra, and an orangutan.

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

7. Who is Antieji?
(a) Pi's cousin.
(b) Pi's best friend.
(c) Pi's aunt.
(d) Pi's foster mother in Toronto.

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

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

10. Symbolically, what does it mean when the storm clears?
(a) That good always follows bad.
(b) That the worst may be over.
(c) That there would be no more rain.
(d) That bad things happen to good people.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The nameless male character introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2 reappears in Part 1, Chapter 6. Readers now learn what about this man?

2. The main character grew up in what country?

3. Why must a circus lion trainer establish that he is the alpha male with respect to the lion?

4. According to Pi, when have successful zookeepers created a healthy environment for the animals?

5. The author uses the animals as symbols of what?

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