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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pi do to modify the raft?
(a) Made the raft wider with more wood and rope.
(b) Made a mast and draped a blanket over it to create shelter.
(c) Made a mast and found a compass in the locker to navigate with.
(d) Increased the depth of the raft by adding another layer of wood,

2. Since Pi had no bait, what did he cut up to fish with in the morning, after his leather shoe was unsuccessful?
(a) The biscuits.
(b) The tiger's droppings.
(c) Flying fish.
(d) The British naval manual.

3. What did he do to provoke the tiger during training?
(a) Pounced on him like a predator.
(b) Intruded on the neutral area.
(c) Stole his tarp and used it to make a new mast on the raft.
(d) Poked him with a stick.

4. What did Pi plan to do with the tiger once the tiger expressed friendliness and harmlessness?
(a) Tame him.
(b) Train him.
(c) Leave him.
(d) Kill him.

5. What did Pi tell the interviewers after they gave their impressions of Pi's story?
(a) A horribly gory tale about the shipwreck and his survival that didn't involve animals.
(b) That he didn't believe he was a hero or amazing, just that he was lucky.
(c) That it didn't matter, he just wanted to go home.
(d) A story without animals and with four lifeboats and three surviving shipmates.

6. Whose voice did Pi start to hear after he discovered he was blind?
(a) The tiger's.
(b) A man's.
(c) His mother's.
(d) His brother's.

7. What did Pi do each time he thought he saw lights in the distance?
(a) Cried in happiness, then in pain, when the lights didn't come closer.
(b) Set off a flare.
(c) Directed a broken mirror piece at the lights.
(d) Yelled.

8. What did Pi find solace in, even though he had to continually reconsider his place in God's universe?
(a) His own thoughts.
(b) Prayer.
(c) His religious expressions.
(d) His religious memories.

9. What was one thing Pi was concerned and obsessed about not having enough of?
(a) Wood.
(b) Space.
(c) Tarps.
(d) Water.

10. What else did Pi see a group of, which stayed with him an entire day?
(a) Sea Lions.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Whales.
(d) Dolphins.

11. 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?
(a) A fishing troller.
(b) A speedboat.
(c) A canoe.
(d) A ship.

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

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

14. What did Pi start to follow after his food supplies run low?
(a) His normal routine.
(b) The tiger, to where the tiger has sequestered fish.
(c) The recommended daily intake in the survival guide.
(d) His faith, knowing he can catch more fish.

15. What did Pi do to exert his dominance over the tiger?
(a) Handled the tiger's feces in front of him.
(b) Conducted his daily routine 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pi bring to the tiger in the morning after they had both had a restless night's sleep?

2. What was one method of Pi's escapism?

3. What did the interviewers tell Pi they thought about his story?

4. About how much did Pi sleep a night?

5. After a few days when Pi started exploring the island, what small, furry, carnivorous animal did he find?

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