The Life of Pi

Religion and __________ are Pi's two main interests throughout the novel.

•   zoology

•   what his mother looked like

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 As Pi recounts his past and his journey, he is most saddened by forgetting ­­­_______________, he relays this information to the author.

•  readers to finish the story

•   zoology

•   what his mother looked like

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The author uses animals on the lifeboat as symbols of ______________ different parts of Pi's personality.

•  a place to keep Richard Parker 

•  The different parts of Pi’s personality 

 Why does the author regularly mention the story of Pi will have a happy ending?  He wants _____________________.

•  readers to finish the story

• The different parts of Pi’s personality 

•  what his mother looked like

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Pi was _____________________________so he threw himself at the hyena when he was on the lifeboat. 

• he learns how to desalinize salt water

•   Fear 

•   he was hopeless and angry after the zebra's death 

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 ____________________, so Pi think that is why the hyena never attacked him.

•  It is symbolic of Pi's dualities

•   The tiger was in the boat

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 ________ is the one opponent Pi discovers while he is on the lifeboat.

•  what his mother looked like

•  Fear 

•   a place to keep Richard Parker 

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Pi tethers the life raft to the boat because he needed _______________.

• The different parts of Pi’s personality 

•  a place to keep Richard Parker 

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After reading the manual written by a British Royal Navy commander, Pi finally realize __________________.

• readers to finish the story

•  zoology

• Fear

•  he learns how to desalinize salt water

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Pi realizes how low he has sunk...what made him think this?

• he eats like an animal

• he pees in his clothes

• he doesn't brush his hair

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