Life of Pi Chapters 1-9 Quiz
Ch. 1-4
1. What did Pi major in?
2. What animal did he choose for his thesis?
3. What did Pi put on the animal’s head he studied that was amusing to find the next morning?
4. What main characteristic allows for this animal’s survival?
5. What country did Pi go to college in?
6. Pi briefly mentions his stay in a hospital where they treated him “incredibly nice.” What country was he in?
7. What was Pi named after?
8. What country did Pi spend his childhood?
9. What did Pi’s father do?
10. How is running a zoo NOT like running a hotel? List 2 ways.
11. Name one of the times it’s best to visit a zoo.
12. Name 1 of the things Pi claims about zoo animals and their living spaces, behavior, comfort level, etc.
Ch. 5-9
13. What name did one bully call Pi that caught on ruthlessly by the other students?
14. How did Pi start a new nickname at his new school?
15. Mr. Kumar, Pi’s biology teacher who became a role model of sorts, was what faith?
16. What does Pi say is the most dangerous animal in the zoo?
17. What does Pi’s father think is the worst thing a man can do regarding the way we look at animals?
18. What did Pi’s father do to teach the lesson that animals are dangerous?
19. “Getting animals used to the presence of humans is at the heart of the art and science of zoology” (39). The “key aim” is to diminish the what?
Chapters 1-9 Quiz KEY
Ch. 1-4
1. What did Pi major in? (religion and zoology)
2. What animal did he choose for his thesis? (sloth)
3. What did Pi put on the animal’s head he studied that was amusing to find the next morning? (bowl of water)
4. What main characteristic allows for this animal’s survival? (slow…sleepiness)
5. What country did Pi go to college in? (Canada)
6. Pi briefly mentions his stay in a hospital where they treated him “incredibly nice.” What country was he in? (Mexico)
7. What was Pi named after? (a swimming pool)
8. What country did Pi spend his childhood? (India)
9. What did Pi’s father do? (managed a zoo)
10. How is running a zoo NOT like running a hotel? List 2 ways. (guests never leave, they are messy, they complain, they are picky eaters, etc.)
11. Name one of the times it’s best to visit a zoo. (sunrise or sunset)
12. Name 1 of the things Pi claims about zoo animals and their living spaces, behavior, comfort level, etc. (they could leave if they wanted, they do not escape to something but from something; why would they leave if they have food brought to them and they don’t have predators)
Ch. 5-9
13. What name did one bully call Pi that caught on ruthlessly by the other students? (Pissing Patel)
14. How did Pi start a new nickname at his new school? (He wrote his new nickname Pi on the board with the Greek symbol)
15. Mr. Kumar, Pi’s biology teacher who became a role model of sorts, was what faith? (none or atheism)
16. What does Pi say is the most dangerous animal in the zoo? (man)
17. What does Pi’s father think is the worst thing a man can do regarding the way we look at animals? (personifying animals)
18. What did Pi’s father do to teach the lesson that animals are dangerous? (showed a tiger eat a live goat)
19. “Getting animals used to the presence of humans is at the heart of the art and science of zoology” (39). The “key aim” is to diminish the what? (flight distance)