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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. Where did Pi, Richard Parker, and the lifeboat, finally land?
2. What did the final report say about Pi's knowledge of the reason the ship sank?
3. What did Pi fail to control as time passed on the liferaft?
4. What did Pi call the tiger's snorting in and out?
5. What did Pi first see in the distance, that he dismissed as a hallucination?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Pi say about fear in Part 2, Chapter 56?
2. In Part 2, Chapter 80, Pi started spending more time on the lifeboat. Why?
3. In Part 2, Chapter 72, Pi created a shell shield out of a turtle shell. Discuss his persistence in maintaining his shield.
4. Why did Pi find himself distracted & entertained by the underside of the raft in Part 2, Chapter 67?
5. In Part 2, Chapter 81, what did Pi attribute his survival with the tiger to?
6. How did Pi learn to use the ocean to his benefit against the tiger in Part 2, Chapter 59?
7. In Part 3, Chapter 100, the author receives a letter from Japanese officials about their interview with Pi. They remark that they found Pi to have had amazing fortitude to survive his ordeal. Why did they find his ordeal so amazing?
8. Pi started to take on some of the tiger's traits in Part 2, Chapter 77. Why?
9. In Part 2, Chapter 76, the author discusses Pi and the tiger's behavior regarding the tiger's feces. What does their behavior signify?
10. In Part 2, Chapter 79, Pi was entertained by the tiger's behavior with the sharks. Explain.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is Richard Parker a human or a tiger? Using Chapter 2, the early chapters about animal behavior, and Richard Parker's behavior once shipwrecked, describe whether you believe he is a human or a tiger.
Essay Topic 2
At many times in the book, Pi nears death, as he runs low on food and the will to live. Using specific examples from the book, discuss some of these events and what Pi learns about himself through the events.
Essay Topic 3
Which animals in the book are most like people in Pi's life? Use specific examples to explain why you chose various animals and what similar characteristics to their human counterparts they exhibit.
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