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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. What did Pi find when he boarded the other man's boat to scavenge for food?
2. What did a British Royal Navy commander write that Pi took the time to read?
3. What was a 'dream rag'?
4. About how much did Pi sleep a night?
5. Once Pi's suffering became intense, what did he do with the greater part of his days?
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. In Part 2, Chapter 95, who were dispatched to Mexico to meet Pi, and why?
3. In Part 2, Chapter 90, how did another man enter the story?
4. What did Pi really achieve by studying the navigational directions in the survival manual in Part 2, Chapter 65?
5. Pi started to take on some of the tiger's traits in Part 2, Chapter 77. Why?
6. 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?
7. How was Pi's sleep effected by his stress in Part 2, Chapter 68?
8. In Part 2, Chapter 89, Pi reached his lowest point in the crisis, and did what? What was Richard Parker's state during this time?
9. In Part 3, Chapter 100, the author receives a letter from Japanese officials about their interview with Pi. They remark that they found Pi to have had amazing fortitude to survive his ordeal. Why did they find his ordeal so amazing?
10. Discuss Pi's training sequence for trespassing with the tiger in Part 2, Chapter 71.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of Pi's diary in his ordeal? Is it important? Is it just "filler?" Why?
Essay Topic 2
When Pi finds the first island, he leaves it out of fear of the island being cannibalistic. Discuss what the symbolism of this island is to Pi and to the overall story.
Essay Topic 3
What is the definition of a hero? Is there a hero in this story? If so, who is it? If not, why not? Support your answers with examples from the text.
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