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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Pi, Richard Parker, and the lifeboat, finally land?
(a) Panama.
(b) Florida.
(c) Mexico.
(d) California.

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

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

6. What were two big events in Pi's daily routine?
(a) Collecting rainfall and catching turtles.
(b) Taking his raft out for a while and feeding the tiger.
(c) Eating and drinking water on his raft.
(d) Talking with the tiger and fishing.

7. What happened as starvation began to set in?
(a) Pi's body began to break down and standing was difficult.
(b) Pi gave up the will to survive.
(c) Pi thought about killing and eating the tiger.
(d) Pi spent all day rocking back and forth on the raft.

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

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

10. What happened after Pi discovered he was blind?
(a) He laid down on the raft, convinced he would die.
(b) He learned to trust the tiger for his food.
(c) He went into a state of hallucination.
(d) His mind cleared and he only saw peace.

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

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

13. What equipment did Pi fish the most with?
(a) His hands.
(b) Gaffs.
(c) Hooks.
(d) Poles.

14. 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,

15. On whose estimated birthday did Pi sing "Happy Birthday"?
(a) His mother's.
(b) His brother's.
(c) His father's.
(d) The tiger's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the tiger do when he and Pi landed on the shore of the small island?

2. What else did Pi see a group of, which stayed with him an entire day?

3. What did the interviewers want to know first?

4. What did Pi discover, days after the tiger started rubbing his eyes and meowing?

5. What did Pi have a hard time butchering?

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