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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. Symbolically, what does it mean when the storm clears?
2. When Pi was 14, he went on a family vacation to Munmar and saw what on the top of three hills?
3. The main character grew up in what country?
4. Who were the two men Pi called the "prophets of his youth"?
5. When Pi saw a sea turtle near the boat, what did he do?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part 1, Chapter 39, where did Pi end up after being thrown overboard?
2. The book begins in Part 1, Chapter 1 with many unanswered questions. What are some of these questions?
3. Who is the character introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2?
4. 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?
5. In Part 2, Chapter 41, what is noted as having helped Pi stay alive after the shipwreck?
6. In Part1, Chapter 9, Pi discusses what observation about animal behavior?
7. 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?
8. In Part 1, Chapter 25, why did Pi not feel as though he fit in anywhere?
9. What part of Pi's life seems painful, as the author is with Pi looking through photo albums in Part 1, Chapter 33?
10. How is the lion in the zoo in Part 1, Chapter 13 an example of the well-defined social order of animals?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the early chapters, there are different descriptions of animal behavior. Choose one, and compare and contrast it to a later animal behavior or event in the book that has the same characteristics.
Essay Topic 2
What is the definition of anthropomorphism? What role does it play in the book? Why is it important to the story? Please support your answers with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Both the raft and the lifeboat prove critical to Pi's success, but in different ways. Discuss why it was important to Pi's mind to have both the raft and the lifeboat. What would have happened if Pi had never been able to make the raft? What if Pi had lost the lifeboat?
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