Mr. Fornnarino's English 2, Practice Quiz 5 for ELL Students

Directions: For questions 1-8, choose the letter of the correct definition for each vocabulary word.

conundrum
1. a problem
2. moving
kinetic
1. a problem
2. moving
lucidity
1. awareness; the ability to understand
2. carefree
sustenance
1. with hunger
2. nourishment; food
attrition
1. a problem
2. wearing down
imperative
1. nourishment; food
2. necessity
insouciant
1. awareness; the ability to understand
2. carefree
voraciously
1. with hunger
2. nourishment; food
Three of the following types of words (with fewer than five letters) are uncapitalized in the middle of titles.
Which word type is capitalized in the middle of titles?
1. articles (the, a, an)
2. adverbs (words like slowly, quickly, carefully, etc. that explains how something happens or is done)
3. conjunctions (words that join parts of sentences together--words like for, and, but, and or)
4. prepositions (words that show where something is in relationship to another thing--a plane can be above a cloud, in a cloud, below a cloud, etc.)
Which of the following titles has been written correctly?
1. “Poem on Returning to Dwell in the Country”
2. Muir’s Original Log Home For Builders and Buyers
When Pi says, “All my life I had only known part of her,” about Orange Juice, what does he mean?
1. He didn’t know that she could be ferocious (strong, violent, and wild).
2. He didn’t think about her as an orangutan.
Why does Pi stop himself from attacking the hyena?
1. He knows it will die soon.
2. He cannot win against the hyena.
3. He wants to die.
4. He sees Richard Parker.
What biological necessity for a stranded person becomes the most important thing to Pi in Ch. 49?
(A stranded person is a person who is unable to get away from a bad place.)
1. food
2. water
3. shelter
4. shade
What type of language is Pi using when he says, “like being afraid of splinters when trees are falling down (p.136), and what is he talking about?
(Splinters are very small pieces of wood that can get into people's skin.)
1. simile; Richard P.
2. metaphor; lifeboat
How does Pi manage to separate himself from Richard Parker, and why does he regret this?
(The word regret means to feel sad about a decision.)
1. He throws food overboard and regrets it when he feels hungry.
2. He builds a raft but is afraid once he’s away from the lifeboat.
Pi does not want to be near Richard Parker. Pi thinks of many ways to get rid of Richard Parker (to free himself from Richard Parker). Which idea does he not think of?
1. poisoning
2. choking
3. electrocution
4. stoning
What plan does Pi finally decide upon as the best way to get rid of Richard Parker? (What does Pi decide to do to dispose of Richard Parker?)
1. Pi decides that the best way to dispose of Richard Parker is by waging a war of attrition. Pi wants to survive by letting Richard Parker waste away (die) with no food and no water.
2. Pi decides that the best way to dispose of Richard Parker is by using a medical packet from the lifeboat to poison him. He wants to survive by killing Richard Parker and using bits of his body as bait.
Which paragraph correctly answers the following questions?

What does Pi decide to do in both the short term and the long term in order to survive? What do these decisions say about Pi as a person, and would you have reacted like Pi or differently in the same situation?
1. In both the short and the long terms, Pi decides to fight for his own survival. In the short term, Pi decides that he must put some distance between himself and Richard Parker. To accomplish this, he builds a raft that is attached to the lifeboat but that provides some space between the tiger and himself. As a long-term plan, Pi decides to wage a war of attrition against the animal. The teen believes that if he deprives the beast of food and water, it will eventually die. As the smarter and more resourceful of the two, Pi (at first) believes that he will easily out-survive Richard Parker. I believe that these decisions are a testament not only to Pi’s resourcefulness but to his courageousness as well. Although he originally feels that he doesn’t have the physical and emotional strength to survive such adversity, he finds the power within himself to fight for his life. In the same position, God forbid, I would hope that I would have the strength to rally rather than to simply give up. Surely, Pi’s mettle is proven by his willingness to persevere.
2. Instead of accepting death by thirst, starvation, or at the paws of Richard Parker, Pi decides in both the short term and the long term that he must terminate the life of the voracious tiger. In the short term, Pi must determine the best way to kill the tiger. In the long term, he must determine how to get rid of the tiger’s body. He decides to eliminate Richard Parker by using the contents of a medical packet. Pi has found the packet on the lifeboat, and now he will put the contents into a bowl of water for Richard Parker to drink. Since Pi cannot lift the heavy tiger to remove its body from the lifeboat, it is imperative that Pi butcher the tiger. Fortunately, Pi has also found a knife in a small compartment. Pi’s decisions show that he has a strong will to live and the intelligence to develop good plans. Honestly, I probably would not have reacted like Pi if I were in the same situation. Sadly, I believe I would have been overwhelmed and I would have died.