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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. What was the main character named after?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) A swimming pool.
(c) His father.
(d) A famous landmark.

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

3. What did Pi not find after looking around on the boat?
(a) Tarp.
(b) Life jackets.
(c) Food.
(d) Drinking water.

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

5. Who is Mamji?
(a) A person who used to be a competitive swimmer.
(b) A person who worked for Pi's father at the zoo.
(c) A respectful, affectionate term for an older person.
(d) A person who studied in England for two years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Pi end up in the lifeboat?

3. How did Pi spend his second night on the lifeboat?

4. Pi and Mr. Kumar agreed on what?

5. What event showed that fortune was with Pi?

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 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?

3. 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?

4. What part of Pi's life seems painful, as the author is with Pi looking through photo albums in Part 1, Chapter 33?

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

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

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

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

9. In Part 1, Chapter 31, what do Mr. Kumar and Mr. Kumar represent in terms of Pi?

10. The book begins in Part 1, Chapter 1 with many unanswered questions. What are some of these questions?

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