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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Part 1, Chapter 21, what is the author's purpose in writing about what he thinks after interviewing Pi?
2. After the family sold the zoo, why did it take a year before they could leave India for Canada?
3. Why must a circus lion trainer establish that he is the alpha male with respect to the lion?
4. What did the main character think about the animals in the zoo?
5. What did Pi do when he didn't feel as welcome to his interfaith practices as before?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the character introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2?
2. How is the lion in the zoo in Part 1, Chapter 13 an example of the well-defined social order of animals?
3. How is the zebra like Pi in Part 2, Chapter 46?
4. How did Satish Kumar influence Pi's studies?
5. The zebra and Orange Juice are killed in Part 2, Chapter 47, and symbolize what?
6. 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?
7. How does the female black leopard in Part 1, Chapter 11 try to blend in with her environment after escaping from the Zurich Zoo?
8. How do Pi's parents view him in Part 1, Chapter 27?
9. How does Pi react to the story of Jesus in Part 1, Chapter 17?
10. How does Part 1, Chapter 21 set the reader up for the remainder of the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which animals in the book are most like people in Pi's life? Use specific examples to explain why you chose various animals and what similar characteristics to their human counterparts they exhibit.
Essay Topic 2
Using examples from the book, which one of the animals in the zoo is most like Pi and why?
Essay Topic 3
One of the themes of the story is the survival of life. How do the animals, besides the tiger, play a role in this theme?
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