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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 Jack reading about on Friday night in Chapter 7?

2. What does Jack do after he wakes at Dawn in Chapter 8?

3. What does Early sing when his frog dies?

4. What happened to the boy who graduated in 1943 and who wore Number 67?

5. What was likely to drive Pi crazy in "Plights and Perils"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Early doing when Jack sees him in Chapter 9?

2. How does Jack feel the night after the regatta?

3. What does Jack consider wishing for in the boathouse in Chapter 6 and what does he wish for?

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

5. How did Jack's parents meet?

6. What are some shrines or temples in Jack's hometown in Kansas?

7. What does Jack realize when he looks out his window at the end of Chapter 12?

8. What was the opening ceremony for the regatta?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A bar maid is compared to the Homely Wretch Pi met. How is the bar maid at the Bear Knuckle Inn like the Homely Wretch and how does Early transform her?

Essay Topic 2

Jack sees himself in the "Sweetie Pie." How do the boats the "Sweetie Pie" and "Maine" symbolize Jack's sense of self-worth and the way he is moving toward recovery from his mother's death?

Essay Topic 3

Jack was nearly swept away after his mother's death. What saved Jack and what did he learn about dealing with death because of Early?

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