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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many steps were in Pi's plan to tame the tiger?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

2. What else did Pi catch besides fish?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Birds.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Eels.

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

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

5. 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 was carnivorous.
(c) The island had a plentiful amount of food.
(d) The island would be his new home.

6. What did Pi and Richard Parker come eye to eye with after the great storm?
(a) A shark.
(b) A whale.
(c) Another lifeboat.
(d) A cargo boat.

7. What was one method of Pi's escapism?
(a) Temporarily dreaming of his childhood home and his family.
(b) Sleeping during the daylight hours, dreaming of his future life on land.
(c) Temporary asphyxiation by putting a cloth over his face.
(d) Temporarily stopping his breathing until he saw pure peace in his mind.

8. About how much did Pi sleep a night?
(a) Seven hours.
(b) An hour.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Three hours.

9. What did Pi have a hard time butchering?
(a) Eels.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Fish.

10. What is life's only opponent, in the eyes of Pi?
(a) Fear.
(b) Power.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Death.

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

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

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

14. What was the date that Pi's interview with the officials began?
(a) February 19, 1978.
(b) January 12, 1968.
(c) March 24, 1988.
(d) April 17, 1998.

15. What did Pi fail to control as time passed on the liferaft?
(a) His fear.
(b) His faith.
(c) His direction.
(d) His loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Pi attribute his survival alongside Richard Parker with?

2. 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?

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

4. What were the greatest of contradictions, according to Pi?

5. What did Pi use, lose, and re-create, to protect himself while training the tiger?

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