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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 did the interviewers want to know first?
2. What did Pi tell to the interviewers?
3. What did Pi tell the interviewers after they gave their impressions of Pi's story?
4. What did Pi start to follow after his food supplies run low?
5. What ran out before Pi was done writing in his diary?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the symbolism of the flares in Part 2, Chapter 69?
2. In Part 2, Chapter 79, Pi was entertained by the tiger's behavior with the sharks. Explain.
3. Discuss the encounter with the other ship in Part 2, Chapter 86.
4. In Part 2, Chapter 92, Pi and Richard Parker landed on an island. Why didn't they stay?
5. What is one small detail of Pi's suffering that the author describes in Part 2, Chapter 64?
6. The author discusses Pi's maintenance of his religious practices in Part 2, Chapter 74. Discuss Pi's religious reaction to his predicament.
7. Why did Pi find himself distracted & entertained by the underside of the raft in Part 2, Chapter 67?
8. 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?
9. How did Pi's daily routine start showing through in Part 2, Chapter 62, a week since the ship sank?
10. What did Pi say about fear in Part 2, Chapter 56?
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 turtles in the book? Using specific examples from before the shipwreck as well as after, describe their importance to the book.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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