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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 77 | Part 2 Chapter 78 | Part 2 Chapter 79.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the greatest of contradictions, according to Pi?
(a) Boredom and terror.
(b) Darkness of the night and the daylight.
(c) Faith and hopelessness.
(d) The sea and the sky.

2. What did Pi plan to do with Richard Parker the night after he finished the raft?
(a) Kill him and cast him off onto the raft, adrift in the sea.
(b) Keep him around for protection.
(c) Get rid of him and have the lifeboat to himself.
(d) Kill him and bury him on land.

3. Pi did what with the raft after he built it?
(a) Tethered it to the boat.
(b) Put it on the dry land to keep it safe.
(c) Used it to build a wall to block Richard Parker's view of him sleeping.
(d) Set it free into the water.

4. What did Pi start to follow after his food supplies run low?
(a) The tiger, to where the tiger has sequestered fish.
(b) His faith, knowing he can catch more fish.
(c) His normal routine.
(d) The recommended daily intake in the survival guide.

5. What did Pi build a raft out of?
(a) Wood and rope.
(b) Oars and floating logs.
(c) Logs and life jackets.
(d) Life jackets and floating oars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Pi discuss as a strange living arrangement of animals?

2. Does the meeting at the zoo between the two Mr. Kumars have any special significance?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 30, what does the author say he learned about Pi when they met?

4. What did Pi do when the sun rose the day after he built his raft?

5. What convinced Pi he wasn't going to die?

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