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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. As night fell on his first day in the lifeboat, why did Pi become scared?
(a) He didn't know what would happen.
(b) It would be dark and rescue boats wouldn't see him.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) He knew the hyena was capable of hurting him.

2. When Pi was 14, he went on a family vacation to Munmar and saw what on the top of three hills?
(a) Parks.
(b) Hotels.
(c) Tea estates.
(d) Religious temples.

3. According to Pi's father, what kind of an environment do animals seek?
(a) Free.
(b) Happy.
(c) Safe.
(d) Comfortable.

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Pi's prayer rug?
(a) He used it outside.
(b) It reminded him of the sacredness of the earth.
(c) He lost it.
(d) He used it in the mosque.

5. What happened after the meeting of Pi's parents and his religious teachers?
(a) Pi went to bed.
(b) Pi went off by himself to think about the meeting.
(c) They all had tea together.
(d) Pi's family went out for ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Mr. Satish Kumar?

3. What happened at the meeting with Pi's parents and his three religious teachers?

4. What does Pi lament to the author that he is forgetting?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 21, what is the author's purpose in writing about what he thinks after interviewing Pi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Ganesha in Chapter Part 1, 15?

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

7. In Part 2, Chapter 54, Pi worried about what to do with the tiger. Discuss his conclusions.

8. 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?

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

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

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