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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. Who is Mamji?

2. Who were the two men Pi called the "prophets of his youth"?

3. In Pi's story, which of these statements is true about the black leopard that escaped from the Zurich Zoo?

4. What happened at the meeting with Pi's parents and his three religious teachers?

5. According to the author, which of the following was a reason why Pi decided to get back into the lifeboat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ganesha in Chapter Part 1, 15?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 23, the author discusses the "three wise men." Who are they?

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. In Part 1, Chapter 39, where did Pi end up after being thrown overboard?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 54, Pi worried about what to do with the tiger. Discuss his conclusions.

6. 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?

7. How are the zebra and the orangutan anthropomorphized in Part 2, Chapter 45?

8. How does the tiger get his human name in Part 2, Chapter 48? How is he like Pi?

9. How did Satish Kumar influence Pi's studies?

10. What did Pi and Richard Parker kill and eat in Part 2, Chapter 53? What is it's symbolism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What makes Pi's ordeal so difficult for the Japanese interviewers to believe? Would it have been easier if the Pi had described the tiger as Richard Parker, a human?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of turtles in the book? Using specific examples from before the shipwreck as well as after, describe their importance to the book.

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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