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

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

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

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

5. Why did Pi throw himself out of the lifeboat?
(a) Someone called to him to swim to another boat.
(b) He was hot and he thought he could cool off in the water.
(c) He thought he saw another lifeboat that might be safer.
(d) He realized he was in a boat with a Bengal tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pi not find after looking around on the boat?

2. How did Pi end up in the lifeboat?

3. According to Pi, when have successful zookeepers created a healthy environment for the animals?

4. According to Pi, when do animals try to escape from the zoo?

5. Which of these events did not occur before the ship sank?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Pi's parents view him in Part 1, Chapter 27?

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

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

4. How did Pi get his name?

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

6. In Part 1, Chapter 23, the author discusses the "three wise men." Who are they?

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

8. 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?

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

10. In Part1, Chapter 9, Pi discusses what observation about animal behavior?

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