Life of Pi comprehension

What did Pi say was the “single most constant source of anxiety and suffering through our journey”?

• a. scarcity of food

• b. scarcity of water

• c. heat from the sun

• d. dangers of the sea

True or False: the storm described by Pi in chapter 83 was so severe that it had split his water bags open and ruined all of his fresh water.

• True

• False

What did Pi tell Richard Parker after the tanker nearly hit them and then disappeared from view?

• a. “I love you.”

• b. “I hate you.”

• c. “Thank you.”

• d. none of these

What was Pi’s greatest wish “other than salvation”?

• a. someone human to talk to

• b. a book

• c. something to eat other than seafood

• d. none of these

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Chapter 75 is only one sentence long. What is it about?

• a. Pi’s mother’s birthday

• b. Pi’s birthday

• c. Pi’s brother’s birthday

• d. none of these

What did Pi’s body “develop a revulsion for”?

• a. heat

• b. salt

• c. cold

• d. none of these

Why did Pi stop writing in his diary/journal while at sea?

• a. he ran out of paper

• b. he ran out of pen ink

• c. he felt he had nothing more to say

• d. he could no longer think clearly

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What did the investigators find in Pi's boat?

• a. water

• b. Richard Parker

• c. Meerkat bones

• d. Algae

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What organization does Mr. Chiba represent?

• a. Japanese Ministry of Transport

• b. India’s Society of Zookeepers

• c. Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Department

• d. The Canadian Cargo Shipping Association

What is unusual about the narration of Part Three, compared to Part One and Part Two?

• a. it is just straight narration by Pi

• b. it consists mostly of dialogue

• c. it is the same story told from a different character’s perspective

• d. it takes place before the shipwreck occurred

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