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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. Who was Mr. Satish Kumar?

2. On the first day, what animals did Pi think were on the lifeboat?

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

4. Which of the following is true about Pi's family's departure from India?

5. Who is Antieji?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part 1, Chapter 39, where did Pi end up after being thrown overboard?

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

4. 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?

5. Who is the character introduced in Part 1, Chapter 2?

6. 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?

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

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

9. The zebra and Orange Juice are killed in Part 2, Chapter 47, and symbolize what?

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

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

What makes Pi's ordeal so difficult for the Japanese interviewers to believe? Would it have been easier if the Pi had described the tiger as Richard Parker, a human?

Essay Topic 3

What is the definition of anthropomorphism? What role does it play in the book? Why is it important to the story? Please support your answers with examples from the text.

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