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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 knew the hyena was capable of hurting him.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) It would be dark and rescue boats wouldn't see him.
(d) He didn't know what would happen.

2. What does Pi lament to the author that he is forgetting?
(a) What Richard Parker looked like.
(b) What his father looked like.
(c) What his mother looked like.
(d) What his brother looked like.

3. The main character's father loved to talk about what subject?
(a) History.
(b) Animals.
(c) Zoology.
(d) Swimming.

4. Which of the following does Pi discuss as a strange living arrangement of animals?
(a) Sheep living with a rhino.
(b) A cat living with a lion.
(c) A mouse living with a viper.
(d) Monkeys living with a zebra.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What religion is Pi?

5. How did Pi first learn about Islam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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