Life of Pi (Chapter 37-42)

How does Pi prove to be "the next goat"?

• When Richard Parker gets into the boat, Pi sees himself as his next meal...the sacrificial goat. Thus, he jumps overboard.

• Pi will be eaten by Richard Parker.

What happens to the ship on which Pi’s family travels?

• The ship sinks

• The ships sails across the Pacific

Complete the following sentence: He sees a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker swimming desperately and Pi...

• encourages him on

• deters him from the boat

Who do we finally meet in Chapter 37?

• Richard Parker

• Geeta Patel

What central idea is presented in Chapter 37?

• The fierce will to survive found in all living things.

• The ferocity of animals and their determination.

"It made a sound like a monstrous metallic burp" Identify the figure of speech

• Personification

• Metaphor

Mention one symbol of survival in Chapter 37.

• whistle

• Richard Parker

• lifebuoy

Give the function of the hyphen in the following sentence: "He looked panic-stricken"

• Compound adjective

• Compound noun

"I had never experienced such intense pain, such a ripping of the nerves, such an ache of the heart." What has Pi experienced?

• Loss of family

• Loss of sanity

"We're in hell yet still we're afraid of immortality" What is Pi expressing in this statement?

• He chooses to place the spiritually oriented fear above the physical fear.

• It reflects Pi's "lifelong interest in and dedication to religion"

• People and, apparently, tigers--fear meeting our maker, even when our life on earth resembles the worst case scenario, "hell."