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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Pi got back into the lifeboat in Part 2, who did he see look out from under the tarp?
2. Who is Mamji?
3. What was the main character named after?
4. What was the response of Pi's mother to his request for a Christian baptism and a prayer rug?
5. As Pi was losing hope, his courage rose and what did he no longer fear?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part1, Chapter 9, Pi discusses what observation about animal behavior?
2. The book begins in Part 1, Chapter 1 with many unanswered questions. What are some of these questions?
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 Satish Kumar influence Pi's studies?
5. In Part 1, Chapter 31, what do Mr. Kumar and Mr. Kumar represent in terms of Pi?
6. How does the female black leopard in Part 1, Chapter 11 try to blend in with her environment after escaping from the Zurich Zoo?
7. How does the tiger get his human name in Part 2, Chapter 48? How is he like Pi?
8. What did Pi and Richard Parker kill and eat in Part 2, Chapter 53? What is it's symbolism?
9. In Part 1, Chapter 7, Pi discusses his teacher, Mr. Kumar. How are they similar and different?
10. Who is Ganesha in Chapter Part 1, 15?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Pi finds the first island, he leaves it out of fear of the island being cannibalistic. Discuss what the symbolism of this island is to Pi and to the overall story.
Essay Topic 2
Using examples from the book, which one of the animals in the zoo is most like Pi and why?
Essay Topic 3
Is Richard Parker a human or a tiger? Using Chapter 2, the early chapters about animal behavior, and Richard Parker's behavior once shipwrecked, describe whether you believe he is a human or a tiger.
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