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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. In Part 1, Chapter 33, when the author and Pi look through photos, what period in Pi's life has only a few photos?
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Pi's baptism?
3. What did Pi do when he didn't feel as welcome to his interfaith practices as before?
4. In Pi's story, which of these statements is true about the black leopard that escaped from the Zurich Zoo?
5. After the family sold the zoo, why did it take a year before they could leave India for Canada?
Short Essay Questions
1. The book begins in Part 1, Chapter 1 with many unanswered questions. What are some of these questions?
2. How are the zebra and the orangutan anthropomorphized in Part 2, Chapter 45?
3. What does the closing sentence of Part 1, Chapter 35 foreshadow?
4. How does Part 1, Chapter 21 set the reader up for the remainder of the story?
5. How is the lion in the zoo in Part 1, Chapter 13 an example of the well-defined social order of animals?
6. How is the zebra like Pi in Part 2, Chapter 46?
7. How did Pi get his name?
8. In Part 1, Chapter 39, where did Pi end up after being thrown overboard?
9. In Part 1, Chapter 23, the author discusses the "three wise men." Who are they?
10. Who is the character introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2?
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
Using examples from the book, which one of the animals in the zoo is most like Pi and why?
Essay Topic 3
Pi develops a friendship with the tiger over time, through both taming and training. Explain the process Pi used to tame and train the tiger. Why would a training process be beneficial? Why couldn't Pi simply do this in one day? Why do you think a tiger would want to be trained?
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