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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pi think that the hyena did not attack him?
(a) Because the hyena had not yet gotten to him.
(b) Because the tiger was in the boat.
(c) Because Pi had not yet gotten close enough to him.
(d) Because the hyena wasn't hungry.

2. As Pi was losing hope, his courage rose and what did he no longer fear?
(a) Going hungry.
(b) The hyena.
(c) Sleeping in the boat.
(d) The tiger.

3. As night fell on his first day in the lifeboat, why did Pi become scared?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) He knew the hyena was capable of hurting him.
(c) He didn't know what would happen.
(d) It would be dark and rescue boats wouldn't see him.

4. Which is the following is not true about Pi's visit to a Christian church and his meeting with Father Martin?
(a) Pi told Father Martin that he wanted to become a Christian.
(b) Pi did not feel he belonged in the Christian church.
(c) Pi thought the story about Jesus to be odd.
(d) Pi went to a Hindu temple after he went to the Christian church.

5. Why must a circus lion trainer establish that he is the alpha male with respect to the lion?
(a) The trainer must show the lion he is physically stronger.
(b) The lion must know who is boss, which will make it feel secure.
(c) All lions want to be dominated.
(d) Only female lions are used in the circus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pi saw a sea turtle near the boat, what did he do?

2. What event showed that fortune was with Pi?

3. What religion is Pi?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 33, when the author and Pi look through photos, what period in Pi's life has only a few photos?

5. Pi was becoming hopeless after the zebra was killed, so he decided to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the character introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 41, what is noted as having helped Pi stay alive after the shipwreck?

3. What does the closing sentence of Part 1, Chapter 35 foreshadow?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 51, readers see Pi's persistence pay off as he finds food and water. How did Pi find the food and water?

5. Who is Ganesha in Chapter Part 1, 15?

6. In Part 2, Chapter 50, Pi says, "How true it is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true." What does this quote reference?

7. How did Satish Kumar influence Pi's studies?

8. In Part 1, Chapter 38, what pivotal event of the book takes place?

9. How does Part 1, Chapter 21 set the reader up for the remainder of the story?

10. Where and why did Pi's father move the family in Part 1, Chapter 29?

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