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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 17 | Part 1 Chapter 18 | Part 1 Chapter 19 | Part 1 Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the omega animal?
(a) The animal that is given the easiest tricks to learn.
(b) The hardest animal to train.
(c) The one with the lowest social standing in their group.
(d) The one with the highest social standing in their group.

2. What is the purpose of the italicized chapters?
(a) To give the reader some background about the man.
(b) To confuse the reader.
(c) To add some mysteriousness to the story.
(d) To tell the reader how the author discovered the story.

3. What did Pi's father tell him was the second greatest danger in the zoo?
(a) Man.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Animal cruelty.
(d) Old buildings.

4. According to Pi's father, what kind of an environment do animals seek?
(a) Happy.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Free.
(d) Safe.

5. When did Pi feel that God was very close to him?
(a) When he watched the Muslim shopkeeper.
(b) When he was praying in the mosque.
(c) When he was praying in the Christian church.
(d) One day when he was riding his bike home from Mr. Kumar's, the Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pi, why will a lion in a zoo attack?

2. When Pi's father took his sons on a tour of the zoo, which of the following statements is not true?

3. In Pi's story, which of these statements is true about the black leopard that escaped from the Zurich Zoo?

4. How important is religion to Pi?

5. How did Pi first learn about Islam?

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