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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 is everyone treated to as the regatta is about to begin?

2. What is Early working on when Jack finds him in Chapter 9?

3. Where does Jack go after he finds a change of clothes in Chapter 8?

4. What was the name of the head pirate on the ship that found Pi in "Bound for Home"?

5. Jack mentions that whom is from his home state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jack's trip like to Maine?

2. What advice does the headmaster give Jack as he shows Jack and his father around?

3. Where did Pi find himself in "Plights and Perils," and how did he think he got there?

4. Where does Jack spend most of his second day at Morton Hill Academy?

5. Why does Jack think Morton Hill Academy must have been a military school?

6. What does Early ask Jack at the beginning of Chapter 11, and why does Jack decline?

7. What is Early's room like?

8. Is Jack lonely on Friday night in Chapter 7?

9. What is Professor Stanton's theory that pi ends based upon?

10. What does Jack say viewing the ocean for the first time is supposed to be like, and what is it like for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack struggles to adjust to Morton Hill. Why is it so difficult for Jack to adjust to Morton Hill. In what way is the adjustment caused by the new surroundings and by missing his mother?

Essay Topic 2

Early and Jack have different ways of dealing with and interacting with the pirates. How do the boys interact differently with the pirates? Which boy is more effective when dealing with the pirates and why?

Essay Topic 3

Jack feels that the bulletin board in Early's workshop represents Early's mind. What does the bulletin board look like and why does it represent the way that Early thinks?

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