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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. What else did Pi catch besides fish?
2. What did the interviewers want to know first?
3. What did a British Royal Navy commander write that Pi took the time to read?
4. How did Richard Parker react when Pi shouted a greeting to him?
5. What did Pi share for food with Richard Parker after butchering it?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Pi learn to use the ocean to his benefit against the tiger in Part 2, Chapter 59?
2. What did Pi and the tiger encounter in Part 2, Chapter 84 after the great storm?
3. The author discusses Pi's maintenance of his religious practices in Part 2, Chapter 74. Discuss Pi's religious reaction to his predicament.
4. What is the symbolism of the flares in Part 2, Chapter 69?
5. How did Pi's daily routine start showing through in Part 2, Chapter 62, a week since the ship sank?
6. Discuss the encounter with the other ship in Part 2, Chapter 86.
7. In Part 2, Chapter 92, Pi and Richard Parker landed on an island. Why didn't they stay?
8. In Part 2, Chapter 72, Pi created a shell shield out of a turtle shell. Discuss his persistence in maintaining his shield.
9. Discuss the "dream rag," first discussed by Pi in Part 2, Chapter 87.
10. How was Pi's sleep effected by his stress in Part 2, Chapter 68?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Both the raft and the lifeboat prove critical to Pi's success, but in different ways. Discuss why it was important to Pi's mind to have both the raft and the lifeboat. What would have happened if Pi had never been able to make the raft? What if Pi had lost the lifeboat?
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
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?
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