Life of Pi Quizzes

Life of Pi Quiz 1

1 Who has the worst sea sickness?
Richard Parker

Orange Juice

Ravi

Pi
2 Where does Pi grow up?
Zurich

Munnar

Pondicherry

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

He resembles a famous actor named Richard Parker.

A clerical error

Pi names him after favorite teacher.
4 What does Pi use as the base of his raft?
The zebra's bones

The tarpaulin

Planks from the boat

Oars
5 What does Pi consider to be his saving grace after the big storm?
That one whistle is not lost, so he can still control Richard Parker

That the raft is undamaged

That Richard Parker was subdued by the storm

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

Islam

Hinduism

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

His family

His religion

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

His leather shoe

Scraps from the hyena's carcass

Bits of chocolate
9 What was Pi grateful to Richard Parker for?
He provided warmth.

He killed the dangerous hyena.

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

His weight kept the boat steadier.
10 What does Pi have a hard time bringing himself to do?
Kill the first dorado he catches

Eat the zebra once it's been killed

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

Kill the flying fish to use as bait
11 What punishment does Pi use to tame Richard Parker?
Pulling his tail

Seasickness

Splashing him with water

A shrill whistle
12 What does Pi's period of blindness represent to him?
His profound ability to survive

The beginning of his real moral suffering

His loneliest time

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

Semi-starvation

A damp cloth

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

Fear

Death

Lack of faith in God
15 What is Pi's real name?
P. Singh

Pi

Pondicherry

Piscine
16 What aspect of Pi's personality makes his survival struggle even harder?
His sensitivity to sunlight

His vegetarianism

His allergy to cats

His fear of the ocean
17 In Pi's second story, who or what is the cook paralleled to?
The zebra

The hyena

Pi's survival instinct

Richard Parker
18 Which of these is not part of Pi's taming of Richard Parker?
Stealing Richard Parker's food

Blowing a whistle aggressively

Holding and smelling Richard Parker's feces

Making Richard Parker seasick
19 What is Pi's reaction the first time that he sees a faucet gushing water after his ordeal?
He drinks for ten minutes straight

He faints

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

He drops to his knees and prays
20 What causes the author discomfort when he visits Pi?
The spiciness of the food that Pi always serves him

The religious symbols all over Pi's house

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

Pi's cat, to whom the author is allergic
21 What animal does Pi choose for the topic of his zoology thesis?
Bengal tiger

Meerkat

Three-toed sloth

Laughing hyena
22 When Pi goes blind, what starts to bring his vision back?
His tears

The first food he eats

It comes back spontaneously

The sea turtle's blood he drinks
23 What does Pi say is the only body part that functions well while one is undergoing fear?
The lungs

The eyes

The heart

The ears
24 What does Pi consider his best plan to get rid of Richard Parker?
Survive until he dies of starvation or thirst

Strangle him with rope

Push him off the boat

Kill him with morphine
25 What is commonly referred to as the most dangerous animal in a zoo?
The tiger

The gorilla

Man

The polar bear

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