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

2. What did the interviewers tell Pi they thought about his story?
(a) That they didn't believe it.
(b) That they thought it was so improbable it was amazing he had survived.
(c) That they thought it was a story of heroism.
(d) That his family would be proud to have him return.

3. Once Pi's suffering became intense, what did he do with the greater part of his days?
(a) Slept in a semi-conscious state using his dream rag.
(b) Trained the tiger more intensely then before.
(c) Fished, determined to catch more fish to alleviate his hunger.
(d) Drank sea water, losing hope of survival.

4. What ran out before Pi was done writing in his diary?
(a) The ink in his pens.
(b) Daylight.
(c) His hope.
(d) Room on the page.

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

6. What of Pi's disintegrated from the sun and salt?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His raft.
(c) His boat.
(d) His food.

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

8. What did Pi wish for in his quiet days on the liftboat?
(a) More food.
(b) A book.
(c) To be rescued.
(d) A friend.

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

10. How did Richard Parker react when Pi shouted a greeting to him?
(a) Came closer to Pi to see what Pi wanted.
(b) Turned away from Pi, silent.
(c) Responded with the same sounds as before.
(d) Growled and roared.

11. What emerged for Pi through the darkest times?
(a) His despair.
(b) His faith.
(c) His love for his mother.
(d) His hope.

12. What were the greatest of contradictions, according to Pi?
(a) Boredom and terror.
(b) Faith and hopelessness.
(c) Darkness of the night and the daylight.
(d) The sea and the sky.

13. What happened to the underside of Pi's raft?
(a) It started breaking apart.
(b) It turned green with algae.
(c) It started rotting.
(d) It became an ecosystem full of sea life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pi finally realize after reading the manual written by a British Royal Navy commander?

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

3. What did he do to provoke the tiger during training?

4. What did the boat do when the raft was next to it?

5. When did Pi start spending more time on the lifeboat?

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