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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. Does the meeting at the zoo between the two Mr. Kumars have any special significance?
(a) No, but it made Pi feel uncomfortable.
(b) Yes. It represents the two sides of Pi's character--his piety and his interest in creation.
(c) Yes. It signifies that Pi has not yet assimilated what he has learned from the two Mr. Kumars.
(d) No. It was just an event that happened.

2. What did Pi always feel at the center of?
(a) A huge circle made of sky and ocean.
(b) A circle of despair and hopelessness.
(c) The circle of the sea.
(d) The circle of life.

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

4. In Part 1, Chapter 30, what does the author say he learned about Pi when they met?
(a) That Pi's wife's name is Meena and she is a doctor.
(b) That Pi was twice divorced.
(c) That Pi was married.
(d) That Pi did not believe in marriage.

5. What did Pi do when the sun rose the day after he built his raft?
(a) Fell asleep exhausted, wrapped in his warm blanket.
(b) Prepared to battle the tiger.
(c) Created a fishing line to use to catch food.
(d) Moved closer to the tiger for protection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the greatest of contradictions, according to Pi?

2. Pi did what with the raft after he built it?

3. What did Pi start to follow after his food supplies run low?

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

5. What did Richard Parker kill while Pi was building the raft?

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