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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. Which of the following does Pi discuss as a strange living arrangement of animals?
2. What did Pi do when the sun rose the day after he built his raft?
3. Who were the two men Pi called the "prophets of his youth"?
4. What happened after the meeting of Pi's parents and his religious teachers?
5. What do Pi's parents think about his being so religious?
Short Essay Questions
1. What part of Pi's life seems painful, as the author is with Pi looking through photo albums in Part 1, Chapter 33?
2. The zebra and Orange Juice are killed in Part 2, Chapter 47, and symbolize what?
3. How did Satish Kumar influence Pi's studies?
4. In Part 2, Chapter 54, Pi worried about what to do with the tiger. Discuss his conclusions.
5. In Part 1, Chapter 7, Pi discusses his teacher, Mr. Kumar. How are they similar and different?
6. How do Pi's parents view him in Part 1, Chapter 27?
7. 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?
8. In Part 2, Chapter 51, readers see Pi's persistence pay off as he finds food and water. How did Pi find the food and water?
9. The book begins in Part 1, Chapter 1 with many unanswered questions. What are some of these questions?
10. In Part 2, Chapter 41, what is noted as having helped Pi stay alive after the shipwreck?
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
How do Pi's religious views shape his view of his ordeal?
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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