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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. The author uses the animals as symbols of what?
(a) They are not symbols.
(b) Man's aggression.
(c) Pi or some part of him.
(d) Different aspects of human nature.

2. Who is Mamji?
(a) A respectful, affectionate term for an older person.
(b) A person who studied in England for two years.
(c) A person who worked for Pi's father at the zoo.
(d) A person who used to be a competitive swimmer.

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

4. Who was Mr. Satish Kumar?
(a) Mr. Kumar was a good looking man who believed in God.
(b) Mr. Kumar was the reason Pi studied theology.
(c) Mr. Kumar was a Communist and atheist.
(d) Mr. Kumar was an agnostic.

5. As Pi was learning about Islam, he visited a Muslim shopkeeper. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Pi bought Muslim prayer beads at the shop.
(b) The shopkeeper asked Pi to leave when it was time to pray.
(c) Pi didn't have dinner with the shopkeeper.
(d) The shopkeeper took Pi to a mosque.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the two men Pi called the "prophets of his youth"?

2. Which of the reasons listed below is NOT one of the reasons Pi's father decided to move the family to Canada?

3. How large was the boat?

4. Why did Pi throw himself out of the lifeboat?

5. Which of the following is true about Pi's family's departure from India?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pi get his name?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 7, Pi discusses his teacher, Mr. Kumar. How are they similar and different?

3. How is the lion in the zoo in Part 1, Chapter 13 an example of the well-defined social order of animals?

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

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

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 54, Pi worried about what to do with the tiger. Discuss his conclusions.

8. How is the zebra like Pi in Part 2, Chapter 46?

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

10. The book begins in Part 1, Chapter 1 with many unanswered questions. What are some of these questions?

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