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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 plan to do with Richard Parker the night after he finished the raft?
(a) Kill him and cast him off onto the raft, adrift in the sea.
(b) Keep him around for protection.
(c) Kill him and bury him on land.
(d) Get rid of him and have the lifeboat to himself.

2. Symbolically, what does it mean when the storm clears?
(a) That there would be no more rain.
(b) That good always follows bad.
(c) That bad things happen to good people.
(d) That the worst may be over.

3. According to Pi, why will a lion in a zoo attack?
(a) It is mean.
(b) It is hungry.
(c) It doesn't like the trainer or zookeeper.
(d) Its territory is invaded.

4. What did Pi do when he didn't feel as welcome to his interfaith practices as before?
(a) Changed Christian churches.
(b) Lingered after Muslim prayers.
(c) Attended Hindu temple only at quiet times.
(d) Talked to his religious teachers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinced Pi he wasn't going to die?

2. What did Pi build a raft out of?

3. When did Pi feel that God was very close to him?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 30, what does the author say he learned about Pi when they met?

5. When Pi saw a sea turtle near the boat, what did he do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 38, what pivotal event of the book takes place?

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 does Part 1, Chapter 21 set the reader up for the remainder of the story?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 41, what is noted as having helped Pi stay alive after the shipwreck?

5. How does the tiger get his human name in Part 2, Chapter 48? How is he like Pi?

6. In Part 2, Chapter 43, what did Pi believe is off the lifeboat, as he convinced himself he only had to survive a few hours in the lifeboat before search and rescue teams arrive by ship?

7. In Part 2, Chapter 51, readers see Pi's persistence pay off as he finds food and water. How did Pi find the food and water?

8. What does the closing sentence of Part 1, Chapter 35 foreshadow?

9. In Part 1, Chapter 25, why did Pi not feel as though he fit in anywhere?

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

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