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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. How did Pi first learn about Islam?
2. Which of the reasons listed below is NOT one of the reasons Pi's father decided to move the family to Canada?
3. As Pi was losing hope, his courage rose and what did he no longer fear?
4. Why does Pi think that the hyena did not attack him?
5. What does Pi lament to the author that he is forgetting?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the character introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2?
2. How does Part 1, Chapter 21 set the reader up for the remainder of the story?
3. In Part 1, Chapter 23, the author discusses the "three wise men." Who are they?
4. How do Pi's parents view him in Part 1, Chapter 27?
5. 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?
6. The zebra and Orange Juice are killed in Part 2, Chapter 47, and symbolize what?
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. How did Pi get his name?
9. In Part 1, Chapter 38, what pivotal event of the book takes place?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the definition of a hero? Is there a hero in this story? If so, who is it? If not, why not? Support your answers with examples from the text.
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
Describe how the "circle of life and death" is exhibited before the shipwreck in the zoo, and after the shipwreck in the lifeboat.
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