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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 Pi fail to control as time passed on the liferaft?
2. Once Pi's suffering became intense, what did he do with the greater part of his days?
3. What did Pi finally realize after reading the manual written by a British Royal Navy commander?
4. What did the interviewers tell Pi they thought about his story?
5. What did Pi call the tiger's snorting in and out?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the "dream rag," first discussed by Pi in Part 2, Chapter 87.
2. In Part 2, Chapter 92, Pi and Richard Parker landed on an island. Why didn't they stay?
3. In Part 3, Chapters 96 and 97, Pi told the Japanese officials what about his ordeal?
4. Pi started to take on some of the tiger's traits in Part 2, Chapter 77. Why?
5. What did Pi and the tiger encounter in Part 2, Chapter 84 after the great storm?
6. In Part 2, Chapter 95, who were dispatched to Mexico to meet Pi, and why?
7. What is the symbolism of the flares in Part 2, Chapter 69?
8. Discuss the encounter with the other ship in Part 2, Chapter 86.
9. In Part 2, Chapter 90, how did another man enter the story?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pi develops a friendship with the tiger over time, through both taming and training. Explain the process Pi used to tame and train the tiger. Why would a training process be beneficial? Why couldn't Pi simply do this in one day? Why do you think a tiger would want to be trained?
Essay Topic 2
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.
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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