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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. After the hyena killed the zebra, what did the hyena do?
(a) Tried to kill Pi.
(b) Went to sleep.
(c) Jumped overboard.
(d) Killed Orange Juice.

2. In Part 1, Chapter 21, what is the author's purpose in writing about what he thinks after interviewing Pi?
(a) To make the reader aware that the author likes Pi.
(b) To help the reader understand Pi better.
(c) To make the reader aware of the author's religious beliefs.
(d) To help the reader know what the author thinks.

3. What separated Pi from the Tiger on the boat?
(a) A floor.
(b) A wall.
(c) A tarp.
(d) A table.

4. What was the reaction of Pi's parents to Pi's explorations and practices of various religions?
(a) They were uncomfortable with his religious practices.
(b) They thought he was doing the right thing.
(c) They wanted him to choose one faith and practice it.
(d) They wanted him to stop exploring religions and settle on one.

5. What did Pi plan to do with Richard Parker the night after he finished the raft?
(a) Keep him around for protection.
(b) Kill him and bury him on land.
(c) Kill him and cast him off onto the raft, adrift in the sea.
(d) Get rid of him and have the lifeboat to himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author promise the reader a happy ending to Pi's tale?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 36, who is not at Pi's home to welcome the author when the author meets again with Pi and his family?

3. Pi and Mr. Kumar agreed on what?

4. What did Pi build a raft out of?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part1, Chapter 9, Pi discusses what observation about animal behavior?

3. How is the lion in the zoo in Part 1, Chapter 13 an example of the well-defined social order of animals?

4. 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?

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

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

7. How did Pi get his name?

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

9. In Part 1, Chapter 25, why did Pi not feel as though he fit in anywhere?

10. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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