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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. Once Pi's suffering became intense, what did he do with the greater part of his days?
(a) Trained the tiger more intensely then before.
(b) Drank sea water, losing hope of survival.
(c) Slept in a semi-conscious state using his dream rag.
(d) Fished, determined to catch more fish to alleviate his hunger.

2. What happened as starvation began to set in?
(a) Pi gave up the will to survive.
(b) Pi spent all day rocking back and forth on the raft.
(c) Pi's body began to break down and standing was difficult.
(d) Pi thought about killing and eating the tiger.

3. What did Pi do to exert his dominance over the tiger?
(a) Cleaned the boat of the tiger's urine in front of him.
(b) Conducted his daily routine in front of him.
(c) Handled the tiger's feces in front of him.
(d) Cleaned the fish he caught in front of him.

4. What equipment did Pi fish the most with?
(a) Hooks.
(b) Poles.
(c) Gaffs.
(d) His hands.

5. Whose voice did Pi start to hear after he discovered he was blind?
(a) His brother's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) The tiger's.
(d) A man's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pi bring to the tiger in the morning after they had both had a restless night's sleep?

2. What was a 'dream rag'?

3. What of Pi's disintegrated from the sun and salt?

4. What did Pi share for food with Richard Parker after butchering it?

5. What was the island made out of, which Pi ate in massive quantity?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 57, readers have their first encounter with "Prusten." What is it?

2. In Part 3, Chapter 100, the author receives a letter from Japanese officials about their interview with Pi. They remark that they found Pi to have had amazing fortitude to survive his ordeal. Why did they find his ordeal so amazing?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 81, what did Pi attribute his survival with the tiger to?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 79, Pi was entertained by the tiger's behavior with the sharks. Explain.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 76, the author discusses Pi and the tiger's behavior regarding the tiger's feces. What does their behavior signify?

6. What did Pi really achieve by studying the navigational directions in the survival manual in Part 2, Chapter 65?

7. What is one small detail of Pi's suffering that the author describes in Part 2, Chapter 64?

8. In Part 2, Chapter 95, who were dispatched to Mexico to meet Pi, and why?

9. Discuss Pi's training sequence for trespassing with the tiger in Part 2, Chapter 71.

10. In Part 2, Chapter 80, Pi started spending more time on the lifeboat. Why?

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