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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. Which of the following statements is true about Pi's parents' practice of their religion?
(a) Pi's parents practiced their Hindu religion faithfully all the time.
(b) Pi's parents were not very religious.
(c) Pi's mother had a Hindu upbringing, but had been schooled as a Presbyterian.
(d) Pi's father was raised as a Hindu, but had been schooled as a Baptist.

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

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

4. According to Pi, why will a lion in a zoo attack?
(a) Its territory is invaded.
(b) It is hungry.
(c) It is mean.
(d) It doesn't like the trainer or zookeeper.

5. The main character grew up in what country?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Canada.
(c) India.
(d) United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pi's father tell him was the second greatest danger in the zoo?

2. What did Pi plan to do with Richard Parker the night after he finished the raft?

3. Pi and Mr. Kumar agreed on what?

4. According to Pi's father, what kind of an environment do animals seek?

5. Who is Mamji?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the female black leopard in Part 1, Chapter 11 try to blend in with her environment after escaping from the Zurich Zoo?

2. 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?

3. What did Pi and Richard Parker kill and eat in Part 2, Chapter 53? What is it's symbolism?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 39, where did Pi end up after being thrown overboard?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 43, what did Pi believe is off the lifeboat, as he convinced himself he only had to survive a few hours in the lifeboat before search and rescue teams arrive by ship?

6. How does Pi react to the story of Jesus in Part 1, Chapter 17?

7. How are the zebra and the orangutan anthropomorphized in Part 2, Chapter 45?

8. In Part 1, Chapter 7, Pi discusses his teacher, Mr. Kumar. How are they similar and different?

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

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

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