Ch.61 from Life of Pi

What problem did Pi face at the beginning of the chapter?

• He was in a raft in the middle of the ocean.

• His boat had sunk.

• He was with a hungry tiger.

• He had no bait.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What does Pi decide to use as bait to fish?

• Meat from the zebra Richard Parker had killed.

• An old shoe he had on the lifeboat.

• His own leather shoe.

• A bit of flesh from his own ear.

• Some fishing tools he found on the boat.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Where did Pi spend his time for most of this chapter?

• On a raft.

• On a lifeboat.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What was the result of Pi's first attempt at fishing?

• He lost the tackle.

• He lost all his bait

• The fish took the bait for "free"

• He fished only a small fish that jumped back into the water.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does Pi feel after he fails at fishing in the beginning of the chapter?

• He feels very stupid and scolds himself.

• He is desperate and nervous.

• He is calm. He finds his situation funny, somehow.

• He is hopeless. He knows he will be tiger food.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What metaphor does Pi use to describe the tiger's mouth?

• A pink cave, with rocks as teeth.

• A deep dark tunnel.

• A rose, with curves going down to the stem.

• The black entrance to a place he will "have a chance to visit"

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What does "tigers are not carrion eaters" mean?

• The tiger prefers fresh meat.

• The tiger prefers red meat to white (fish) meat.

• The tiger will not waste any of the food.

• The tiger prefers to have food thrown at him than to hunt.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why does Pi think the tiger hit him?

• He had been trying to play with the tiger.

• The tiger had snuck up on him when he was on the lifeboat and they were staring at each other.

• Pi had moved the raft close to the lifeboat and was thinking of the tiger's mouth.

• Pi was asleep dreaming of the tiger eating the rat when he got struck.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What happened to the first flying fish that Pi threw at the tiger?

• It flew back into the water.

• It was eaten by Richard Parker.

• It hit Richard Parker on the face.

• It fell on the edge of the boat and wiggled its way back to the water.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Pi compares the school of flying fish to...

• A swarm of locusts

• Whirring and clicking insects

• Firecrackers

• An arrow

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9