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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pi not find after looking around on the boat?
(a) Life jackets.
(b) Drinking water.
(c) Tarp.
(d) Food.

2. As Pi was in the lifeboat, what animal floated by and got into the boat?
(a) A monkey.
(b) Another hyena.
(c) A dog.
(d) An orangutan.

3. Who is Antieji?
(a) Pi's aunt.
(b) Pi's cousin.
(c) Pi's foster mother in Toronto.
(d) Pi's best friend.

4. What separated Pi from the Tiger on the boat?
(a) A tarp.
(b) A table.
(c) A floor.
(d) A wall.

5. What were along the interior perimeter of the boat?
(a) Benches.
(b) Lamps.
(c) Shelves.
(d) Chairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How important is religion to Pi?

2. Why does Pi think that the hyena did not attack him?

3. How did Richard Parker end up in the lifeboat with Pi?

4. What animal do zookeepers think of as the most dangerous animal in the zoo?

5. What does the author say was strange about the ecosystem in the lifeboat on the second day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Pi's parents view him in Part 1, Chapter 27?

2. How does the female black leopard in Part 1, Chapter 11 try to blend in with her environment after escaping from the Zurich Zoo?

3. How did Pi get his name?

4. Who is the character introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2?

5. Where and why did Pi's father move the family in Part 1, Chapter 29?

6. What did Pi and Richard Parker kill and eat in Part 2, Chapter 53? What is it's symbolism?

7. What part of Pi's life seems painful, as the author is with Pi looking through photo albums in Part 1, Chapter 33?

8. In Part 1, Chapter 31, what do Mr. Kumar and Mr. Kumar represent in terms of Pi?

9. How did Satish Kumar influence Pi's studies?

10. The zebra and Orange Juice are killed in Part 2, Chapter 47, and symbolize what?

(see the answer keys)

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