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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. After spending a nights in the trees, what did the fruit of one tree reveal to Pi?
2. What did the crouching tiger do when Pi turned to face him after the storm?
3. What did Pi start to follow after his food supplies run low?
4. How long did the two men dispatched to the town interview Pi for?
5. After a few days when Pi started exploring the island, what small, furry, carnivorous animal did he find?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part 2, Chapter 89, Pi reached his lowest point in the crisis, and did what? What was Richard Parker's state during this time?
2. In Part 2, Chapter 90, how did another man enter the story?
3. How did Pi put his crisis in perspective in Part 2, Chapter 60?
4. What did Pi really achieve by studying the navigational directions in the survival manual in Part 2, Chapter 65?
5. The author discusses Pi's maintenance of his religious practices in Part 2, Chapter 74. Discuss Pi's religious reaction to his predicament.
6. What event in Part 2, Chapter 85 seemed to suggest that Pi was impressed and appreciated natural wonders? What was Pi's reaction to the event?
7. Why did Pi find himself distracted & entertained by the underside of the raft in Part 2, Chapter 67?
8. Discuss the encounter with the other ship in Part 2, Chapter 86.
9. How did Pi's daily routine start showing through in Part 2, Chapter 62, a week since the ship sank?
10. In Part 2, Chapter 72, Pi created a shell shield out of a turtle shell. Discuss his persistence in maintaining his shield.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using examples from the book, which one of the animals in the zoo is most like Pi and why?
Essay Topic 2
Pi learns he must out-smart the tiger, because he is unable to out-muscle him. Describe, using specific examples from the book, some ways that you believe Pi out-smarts the tiger. How does the tiger not know what Pi is doing? Is the tiger dumber then Pi? Does the tiger focus on different things then Pi? Did the tiger allow himself to be outsmarted?
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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