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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. How did Richard Parker end up in the lifeboat with Pi?
(a) He was there before Pi got in.
(b) Pi doesn't know how he got there.
(c) He jumped into the boat from the ship.
(d) Pi helped him swim to the boat by throwing him a life buoy.

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

4. After the hyena killed the zebra, what did the hyena do?
(a) Tried to kill Pi.
(b) Jumped overboard.
(c) Went to sleep.
(d) Killed Orange Juice.

5. On the first day, what animals did Pi think were on the lifeboat?
(a) A zebra, an orangutan, a dog, and a hyena.
(b) A hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a monkey.
(c) Two hyenas, a zebra, and a dog.
(d) A hyena, a zebra, and an orangutan.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Pi was losing hope, his courage rose and what did he no longer fear?

2. After the family sold the zoo, why did it take a year before they could leave India for Canada?

3. What event showed that fortune was with Pi?

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

5. When the hyena began to act strangely, what did Pi do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part 2, Chapter 50, Pi says, "How true it is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true." What does this quote reference?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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