Life of Pi Quizzes

Life of Pi Quiz 1

1 Who has the worst sea sickness?
Richard Parker

Pi

Ravi

Orange Juice
2 Where does Pi grow up?
Pondicherry

Zurich

Toronto

Munnar
3 How does Richard Parker get his name?
His zookeeper names him after himself.

A clerical error

Pi names him after favorite teacher.

He resembles a famous actor named Richard Parker.
4 What does Pi use as the base of his raft?
The zebra's bones

Planks from the boat

The tarpaulin

Oars
5 What does Pi consider to be his saving grace after the big storm?
That the raft is undamaged

That Richard Parker was subdued by the storm

That one whistle is not lost, so he can still control Richard Parker

That the food stores survived
6 What is Pi's first religion?
Hinduism

Islam

Buddhism

Christianity
7 What did Pi forget that made his ordeal easier?
His family

His religion

Time

His past
8 What bait does Pi use to fish the first time?
His leather shoe

Scraps from the hyena's carcass

Biscuits

Bits of chocolate
9 What was Pi grateful to Richard Parker for?
He killed the dangerous hyena.

His weight kept the boat steadier.

He distracted him from the despair of being utterly alone and having lost his family.

He provided warmth.
10 What does Pi have a hard time bringing himself to do?
Kill the first dorado he catches

Kill the flying fish to use as bait

Put the zebra out of its misery after the hyena tears its leg off

Eat the zebra once it's been killed
11 What punishment does Pi use to tame Richard Parker?
Splashing him with water

A shrill whistle

Pulling his tail

Seasickness
12 What does Pi's period of blindness represent to him?
The beginning of his real moral suffering

His loneliest time

His profound ability to survive

His profound faith
13 What does Pi use to enter a dream-like state?
Richard Parker's urine

A damp cloth

Semi-starvation

Slightly rotten fish
14 What does Pi say is life's only true opponent?
Death

Despair

Lack of faith in God

Fear
15 What is Pi's real name?
Pi

Pondicherry

P. Singh

Piscine
16 What aspect of Pi's personality makes his survival struggle even harder?
His fear of the ocean

His sensitivity to sunlight

His allergy to cats

His vegetarianism
17 In Pi's second story, who or what is the cook paralleled to?
Pi's survival instinct

The hyena

Richard Parker

The zebra
18 Which of these is not part of Pi's taming of Richard Parker?
Blowing a whistle aggressively

Stealing Richard Parker's food

Making Richard Parker seasick

Holding and smelling Richard Parker's feces
19 What is Pi's reaction the first time that he sees a faucet gushing water after his ordeal?
He faints

He collects the water in every container he has and stores it

He drops to his knees and prays

He drinks for ten minutes straight
20 What causes the author discomfort when he visits Pi?
The religious symbols all over Pi's house

Pi's cat, to whom the author is allergic

The weird silence in the house, even when all of Pi's family is home

The spiciness of the food that Pi always serves him
21 What animal does Pi choose for the topic of his zoology thesis?
Laughing hyena

Meerkat

Bengal tiger

Three-toed sloth
22 When Pi goes blind, what starts to bring his vision back?
The first food he eats

His tears

The sea turtle's blood he drinks

It comes back spontaneously
23 What does Pi say is the only body part that functions well while one is undergoing fear?
The heart

The lungs

The eyes

The ears
24 What does Pi consider his best plan to get rid of Richard Parker?
Strangle him with rope

Kill him with morphine

Push him off the boat

Survive until he dies of starvation or thirst
25 What is commonly referred to as the most dangerous animal in a zoo?
Man

The gorilla

The tiger

The polar bear

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