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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. Whose voice did Pi start to hear after he discovered he was blind?

2. What did Pi discover, days after the tiger started rubbing his eyes and meowing?

3. What did the crouching tiger do when Pi turned to face him after the storm?

4. What did the officials say to the author about the interview with Pi?

5. How long did the two men dispatched to the town interview Pi for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Pi's training sequence for trespassing with the tiger in Part 2, Chapter 71.

2. How was Pi's sleep effected by his stress in Part 2, Chapter 68?

3. What did Pi really achieve by studying the navigational directions in the survival manual in Part 2, Chapter 65?

4. How did Pi learn to use the ocean to his benefit against the tiger in Part 2, Chapter 59?

5. Discuss the encounter with the other ship in Part 2, Chapter 86.

6. In Part 2, Chapter 76, the author discusses Pi and the tiger's behavior regarding the tiger's feces. What does their behavior signify?

7. In Part 3, Chapters 98 and 99, the Japanese officials interviewed Pi about his story. Why do you think that the officials did not believe Pi?

8. How did Pi's daily routine start showing through in Part 2, Chapter 62, a week since the ship sank?

9. Why did Pi find himself distracted & entertained by the underside of the raft in Part 2, Chapter 67?

10. What did Pi and the tiger encounter in Part 2, Chapter 84 after the great storm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the themes of the story is the survival of life. How do the animals, besides the tiger, play a role in this theme?

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of Pi's diary in his ordeal? Is it important? Is it just "filler?" Why?

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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