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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had Pi been at sea for when he calculated it?
(a) 180 days.
(b) 282 days.
(c) 227 days.
(d) 104 days.

2. What did Pi first use to communicate with the tiger after his hope returned?
(a) A stick from the boat.
(b) A wooden tube from the boat.
(c) His voice.
(d) A whistle from the locker.

3. When did Pi start spending more time on the lifeboat?
(a) When the tiger moved to the raft.
(b) When the raft was ruined in the storm.
(c) When the tiger did not attack him after the storm.
(d) When Pi lost his blanket to the sea during the storm.

4. What did Pi smell when he was next to the boat?
(a) The smell of rotting food.
(b) The tiger's urine.
(c) The smell of the ocean.
(d) The smell of his wet blanket.

5. What did Pi recover from the water in the collection of something that came along?
(a) Drifting wood.
(b) Dead fish.
(c) An empty, floating wine bottle.
(d) Rope.

6. What did the tiger associate with trespassing to remember to avoid it?
(a) Nausea and exhaustion.
(b) Fish and the whistle.
(c) Nausea and blowing the whistle.
(d) A rocking boat and fish.

7. What did the final report say about Pi's knowledge of the reason the ship sank?
(a) Pi had no real knowledge but was sure it had been because of bad luck.
(b) Pi had no conclusive knowledge.
(c) Pi knew that the ship had sank because he had been the one to sink it.
(d) Pi knew why the ship had sank but would never divulge the secret.

8. What did Pi do to keep Richard Parker satisfied?
(a) Did not get near him, leaving him alone.
(b) Put him on the raft.
(c) Caught as many fish as possible.
(d) Talked to him while he petted him.

9. After spending a nights in the trees, what did the fruit of one tree reveal to Pi?
(a) The island had a plentiful amount of food.
(b) The island would be his new home.
(c) The island was carnivorous.
(d) The island was uninhabitable.

10. What did Pi discover, days after the tiger started rubbing his eyes and meowing?
(a) The tiger's sensitivity.
(b) The tiger's blindness.
(c) The tiger's gentleness.
(d) The tiger's sore leg.

11. What did Pi continue to use to communicate with the tiger?
(a) Hand gestures.
(b) A whistle.
(c) A stick.
(d) Shouting.

12. After Pi was nearly starving, what did a storm of flying fish bring onto the boat?
(a) A shark.
(b) The raft.
(c) A turtle.
(d) A large dorado.

13. What did Pi do to exert his dominance over the tiger?
(a) Conducted his daily routine in front of him.
(b) Handled the tiger's feces in front of him.
(c) Cleaned the fish he caught in front of him.
(d) Cleaned the boat of the tiger's urine in front of him.

14. What did Pi always feel at the center of?
(a) The circle of the sea.
(b) The circle of life.
(c) A circle of despair and hopelessness.
(d) A huge circle made of sky and ocean.

15. What did the manual suggest Pi drink as a nutritious drink?
(a) Turtle blood.
(b) Fish guts.
(c) Tiger urine.
(d) Sea Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a 'dream rag'?

2. When Pi awoke in the middle of the night and saw the huge moonlit sky before him, what did he think about with regards to himself and the rest of the sea?

3. What did the interviewers do after Pi finished telling them what he told them?

4. What did Pi fail to control as time passed on the liferaft?

5. How many steps were in Pi's plan to tame the tiger?

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