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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 and Richard Parker come eye to eye with after the great storm?
(a) Another lifeboat.
(b) A cargo boat.
(c) A shark.
(d) A whale.

2. What did the great storm one afternoon take with it?
(a) The tarp.
(b) Pi's little raft.
(c) The tiger.
(d) The collected rainwater.

3. Since Pi had no bait, what did he cut up to fish with in the morning, after his leather shoe was unsuccessful?
(a) Flying fish.
(b) The biscuits.
(c) The tiger's droppings.
(d) The British naval manual.

4. What did Pi bring to the tiger in the morning after they had both had a restless night's sleep?
(a) Two dorado and biscuits.
(b) A can of beans and a biscuit.
(c) Two flying fish and a can of beans.
(d) Water in a bucket and two flying fish.

5. What sea creatures were around the boat most of the time?
(a) Eels.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Fish.
(d) Sharks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Pi manage to salvage after the great storm?

3. What did a British Royal Navy commander write that Pi took the time to read?

4. What did Pi call the tiger's snorting in and out?

5. Where were the two men from who were dispatched to the town where Pi recovered in an effort to interview him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Part 2, Chapter 90, how did another man enter the story?

4. Discuss the encounter with the other ship in Part 2, Chapter 86.

5. What did Pi and the tiger encounter in Part 2, Chapter 84 after the great storm?

6. In Part 3, Chapters 98 and 99, the Japanese officials interviewed Pi about his story. Why do you think that the officials did not believe Pi?

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

8. In Part 2, Chapter 94, how did Pi and Richard Parker part ways on the beach in Mexico?

9. Pi started to take on some of the tiger's traits in Part 2, Chapter 77. Why?

10. How was Pi's sleep effected by his stress in Part 2, Chapter 68?

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