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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Pi spend his second night on the lifeboat?
(a) Crying with grief about his family.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Swimming and sleeping.
(d) Walking about the boat.

2. 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 likes to swim.
(b) He works in the zoo.
(c) He is a great cook with an extensive spice collection.
(d) He teaches the main character about animals.

3. As Pi was in the lifeboat, what animal floated by and got into the boat?
(a) Another hyena.
(b) A dog.
(c) A monkey.
(d) An orangutan.

4. Which of these events did not occur before the ship sank?
(a) Acccording to Pi's brother, there had been some problem with the engines.
(b) Pi found rising water blocking his way when he tried to return to his room.
(c) There was a general alarm to alert everyone that the ship was sinking.
(d) Pi woke up and decided to go exploring.

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

6. In Part 2, Chapter 48, Pi explains that the tiger got his name from what source?
(a) Pi when he was at the zoo.
(b) The Pondicherry zookeeper.
(c) A mix-up in paperwork.
(d) The author.

7. Who is Mamji?
(a) A person who studied in England for two years.
(b) A person who worked for Pi's father at the zoo.
(c) A person who used to be a competitive swimmer.
(d) A respectful, affectionate term for an older person.

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

9. 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 that the author likes Pi.
(b) To help the reader understand Pi better.
(c) To make the reader aware of the author's religious beliefs.
(d) To help the reader know what the author thinks.

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

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

12. What happened when the two Mr. Kumars in Pi's life meet by chance at the zoo?
(a) The two Mr. Kumars discussed Pi's interfaith practices.
(b) Pi gave them both carrots to feed the zebras.
(c) Pi invited both Mr. Kumars to stay for tea at the zoo.
(d) Nothing. After an introduction they each went their separate ways.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pi's father, what kind of an environment do animals seek?

2. Pi's interest in which of the following is one of the themes that runs throughout the book?

3. Who is Antieji?

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

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

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