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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 80 | Part 2 Chapter 81 | Part 2 Chapter 82.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author promise the reader a happy ending to Pi's tale?
(a) So the reader will not feel so sad.
(b) He has no specific reason for doing this.
(c) Because people like to read books with happy endings.
(d) So the reader will continue reading the story.

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

3. As Pi was in the lifeboat, what animal floated by and got into the boat?
(a) A dog.
(b) An orangutan.
(c) A monkey.
(d) Another hyena.

4. During the first night on the lifeboat, what did the hyena do?
(a) Chewed off the leg of the zebra.
(b) Slept on the tarp.
(c) Walked around the boat.
(d) Spent the night barking/howling.

5. The main character's father loved to talk about what subject?
(a) Animals.
(b) Zoology.
(c) Swimming.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pi do the first day in the life boat?

2. When the hyena began to act strangely, what did Pi do?

3. What did Pi do when he didn't feel as welcome to his interfaith practices as before?

4. Why does Pi think that the hyena did not attack him?

5. What was the response of Pi's father to his request for Christian baptism and a prayer rug?

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