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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 the tiger do when he and Pi landed on the shore of the small island?
(a) Leapt from the boat and disappeared over a ridge.
(b) Stayed on the boat, skeptical of the island.
(c) Stayed close to Pi, now trained and secure in his presence.
(d) Saw a moving animal and raced after it, hunting it down and tearing it apart for food.

2. What did Pi do to exert his dominance over the tiger?
(a) Handled the tiger's feces in front of him.
(b) Cleaned the fish he caught in front of him.
(c) Conducted his daily routine in front of him.
(d) Cleaned the boat of the tiger's urine in front of him.

3. Where did Pi, Richard Parker, and the lifeboat, finally land?
(a) California.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Florida.
(d) Panama.

4. On whose estimated birthday did Pi sing "Happy Birthday"?
(a) His father's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) The tiger's.
(d) His brother's.

5. What did the officials say to the author about the interview with Pi?
(a) It was incomplete and unusual.
(b) It was amazing and heroic.
(c) It was difficult and memorable.
(d) It was hard but purposeful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pi spend a lot of time in the manual reading about and studying?

2. After a few days when Pi started exploring the island, what small, furry, carnivorous animal did he find?

3. What was Pi careful to maintain with the tiger in his quest to be known by the tiger as the alpha male?

4. When did Pi start spending more time on the lifeboat?

5. What ran out before Pi was done writing in his diary?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapters 98 and 99, the Japanese officials interviewed Pi about his story. Why do you think that the officials did not believe Pi?

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. In Part 2, Chapter 76, the author discusses Pi and the tiger's behavior regarding the tiger's feces. What does their behavior signify?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 80, Pi started spending more time on the lifeboat. Why?

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

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

7. In Part 2, Chapter 57, readers have their first encounter with "Prusten." What is it?

8. Discuss Pi's training sequence for trespassing with the tiger in Part 2, Chapter 71.

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

10. In Part 2, Chapter 81, what did Pi attribute his survival with the tiger to?

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