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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 47 | Part 2 Chapter 48 | Part 2 Chapter 49.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the family sold the zoo, why did it take a year before they could leave India for Canada?
(a) Pi's mother took that long to get the house and everything ready.
(b) No one wanted to buy the zoo.
(c) The paperwork took that long.
(d) No one wanted to buy the zoo animals.

2. According to Pi, when have successful zookeepers created a healthy environment for the animals?
(a) When the animals get along with humans.
(b) When the animals don't try to get out.
(c) When the animals reproduce.
(d) When the animals eat well.

3. Pi and Mr. Kumar agreed on what?
(a) That Pi should spend more time studying.
(b) On the sacredness of the zoo.
(c) On politics.
(d) That all religions were basically the same.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Richard Parker end up in the lifeboat with Pi?

2. According to Pi, when do animals try to escape from the zoo?

3. Which of these events did not occur before the ship sank?

4. As Pi was in the lifeboat, what animal floated by and got into the boat?

5. Why must a circus lion trainer establish that he is the alpha male with respect to the lion?

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