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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 did Pi manage to salvage after the great storm?
(a) His fishing pole.
(b) His raft.
(c) His tarp.
(d) One whistle.

2. What did Pi plan to do with the tiger once the tiger expressed friendliness and harmlessness?
(a) Tame him.
(b) Leave him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Train him.

3. When Pi awoke in the middle of the night and saw the huge moonlit sky before him, what did he think about with regards to himself and the rest of the sea?
(a) How there was no chance of ever surviving in such a vast sea.
(b) How starless the sky was, and how empty his heart felt.
(c) How lonely the moon looked, and how lonely his heart was.
(d) How small he is and how vast the sea and the sky are.

4. What were two big events in Pi's daily routine?
(a) Taking his raft out for a while and feeding the tiger.
(b) Talking with the tiger and fishing.
(c) Collecting rainfall and catching turtles.
(d) Eating and drinking water on his raft.

5. What did Pi do to keep Richard Parker satisfied?
(a) Talked to him while he petted him.
(b) Caught as many fish as possible.
(c) Put him on the raft.
(d) Did not get near him, leaving him alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a British Royal Navy commander write that Pi took the time to read?

2. How did Richard Parker react when Pi shouted a greeting to him?

3. What happened to the underside of Pi's raft?

4. What sea creatures were around the boat most of the time?

5. What did the crouching tiger do when Pi turned to face him after the storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 72, Pi created a shell shield out of a turtle shell. Discuss his persistence in maintaining his shield.

2. What event in Part 2, Chapter 85 seemed to suggest that Pi was impressed and appreciated natural wonders? What was Pi's reaction to the event?

3. Discuss the "dream rag," first discussed by Pi in Part 2, Chapter 87.

4. In Part 3, Chapters 96 and 97, Pi told the Japanese officials what about his ordeal?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 95, who were dispatched to Mexico to meet Pi, and why?

6. What did Pi say about fear in Part 2, Chapter 56?

7. In Part 2, Chapter 94, how did Pi and Richard Parker part ways on the beach in Mexico?

8. What is one small detail of Pi's suffering that the author describes in Part 2, Chapter 64?

9. How did Pi's daily routine start showing through in Part 2, Chapter 62, a week since the ship sank?

10. What is the symbolism of the flares in Part 2, Chapter 69?

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