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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the interviewing men decide had caused the ship to sink?
(a) Pi's mother.
(b) Pi.
(c) A horrible, perfect storm.
(d) Nothing--the answer lies at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

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

3. What did Pi find when he boarded the other man's boat to scavenge for food?
(a) Nothing. The man's boat was as empty as his.
(b) Turtle meat, fish, biscuit crumbs, and water.
(c) Fish, shark meat, and crackers.
(d) Olives, water, and canned fish.

4. Where were the two men from who were dispatched to the town where Pi recovered in an effort to interview him?
(a) United States.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Japan.
(d) Canada.

5. What did Pi tell to the interviewers?
(a) That he won't say anything more until he goes home.
(b) His story.
(c) His religious philosophies.
(d) Nothing. He is too exhausted to say anything.

6. What did Pi finally realize after reading the manual written by a British Royal Navy commander?
(a) He was responsible for his own survival now.
(b) The British had a keen sense on shipwrecks.
(c) The ocean was going to become more fierce in future storms.
(d) The tiger would not kill him.

7. What was Pi careful to maintain with the tiger in his quest to be known by the tiger as the alpha male?
(a) Plentiful food.
(b) Plentiful water.
(c) Eye contact.
(d) Sufficient sleeping space.

8. What did the tiger like to lean over the edge of the boat and club to death, then eat?
(a) Eels.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Fish.
(d) Sharks.

9. What did the boat do when the raft was next to it?
(a) Turned perpendicular to the waves and rolled unpleasantly.
(b) Turned perpendicular to the current and flowed with it.
(c) Turned parallel to the current and calmed in its rolling motion.
(d) Turned parallel to the waves, increasing the unpleasant rolling motion.

10. What was the island made out of, which Pi ate in massive quantity?
(a) Sand.
(b) Algae.
(c) Soil.
(d) Grass.

11. What did Pi manage to salvage after the great storm?
(a) His raft.
(b) His fishing pole.
(c) One whistle.
(d) His tarp.

12. What did a British Royal Navy commander write that Pi took the time to read?
(a) A manual about the ocean tides and currents.
(b) A survival manual with practical advice on how to survive a shipwreck.
(c) A manual on how to hunt and fish after being shipwrecked,
(d) A manual on British flora and fauna,

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

14. What did Pi share for food with Richard Parker after butchering it?
(a) Shark meat.
(b) Fish.
(c) Turtle meat.
(d) Eel guts.

15. What did Pi bring to the tiger in the morning after they had both had a restless night's sleep?
(a) A can of beans and a biscuit.
(b) Two flying fish and a can of beans.
(c) Water in a bucket and two flying fish.
(d) Two dorado and biscuits.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose estimated birthday did Pi sing "Happy Birthday"?

2. Where did Pi, Richard Parker, and the lifeboat, finally land?

3. What did Pi spend a lot of time in the manual reading about and studying?

4. What kind of vessel came close to Pi and the tiger, bringing with it a hope of rescue, and later leaving Pi with a longing feeling and a promise to deliver the tiger to land?

5. What else did Pi catch besides fish?

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