Mr. Fornnarino's English 2, Real Quiz 6 for ELL
Students
Be sure to choose each answer carefully. You get only one try to answer each question correctly!
overwrought
overworked
sad
daunted
fearful
tone
luminescence
throaty
a glow
tantamount
equal
throaty
procure
to
obtain; to get
to
beat; to hit
confounding
perplexing;
confusing
bloodthirsty
disconsolate
overworked
sad
inflection
fearful
tone
bludgeon
to
obtain; to get
to beat;
to hit
guttural
throaty
feeling
Which of the following family members should
NOT be capitalized? Which selection is written incorrectly?
Uncle Frank
my Mother
Cousin Devora
Grandfather
Which of the following has been written correctly?
“The Son From America”
“Shalom, Grandmother. Shalom, Grandfather.”
According to Pi, what is “life’s only true opponent” (p. 161)?
fear
hunger
death
Ironically, what is the one thing that calms Pi down, gives him purpose, and saves his life?
hopefulness
Richard Parker
What leads Pi to realize that he should tame Richard Parker instead of trying to get rid of him?
Richard Parker protects Pi from sharks.
Richard P. backs off when Pi throws him the rat.
Richard P. makes the prusten call.
Why does Pi save some of his urine by urinating into a beaker?
to drink
to mark his territory
Pi thinks Richard Parker hits him with
a paw. (A paw is an animal's foot.)
What really hits Pi?
an oar propelled by a large wave
a flying fish jumping away from a Dorado
How does Pi fail in his second attempt to tame Richard Parker with food?
A flying fish
gets away from Richard Parker's jaws.
A rat
runs over the side of the lifeboat.
Which sentence is written correctly?
Both Dad and Uncle Bob like fishing on the Columbia River, hunting in the Southwest, and mountain climbing in Washington.
Both dad and Uncle Bob like fishing on the Columbia River, hunting in the Southwest, and mountain climbing in Washington.
What implement (tool) does Pi use to train Richard Parker, and what does the tiger do when he uses this training device?
Pi uses
a whistle to train Richard Parker, and the tiger usually retreats and does what Pi wants him to do when he uses it.
Pi uses
a rat to train Richard Parker, and the tiger usually is afraid of the rat and does what Pi wants him to do.
What animal
does Pi first kill on the lifeboat? How does Pi do it?
How does Pi react to this killing? What is the second animal he kills? How
does Pi do it, and how does he react differently? What reason does Pi give for his different reactions and do you agree with his reasoning?
Note: "Empathy" means imagining the feelings of another person or
animal.
Pi first kills
a rat by drowning it. He reacts by feeling great empathy for the rat while he’s killing it and then by weeping heartily over its lost soul once it’s dead. He feels like a guilty killer with “blood on his hands” (p.183), both figuratively and literally. Although the teen mentions that he never forgets to mention this first kill in his prayers, his subsequent kills become much easier to handle. His second victim is a flying fish that he bludgeons over the head with the blunt end of a hatchet with relative glee. He explains that his change in outlook with a simple truth: “a person can get used to anything, even to killing” (p.185). Personally, I have mixed feelings about Pi’s line of reasoning. I’d have to agree with his assumption, but it seems to be a depressingly macabre take on human behavior when one considers that Pi is using it to justify murder. Even so, if seen as a comment on human adaptability and perseverance, it could be a contrarily uplifting sentiment. Surely, Yann Martel intended the observation to reflect the complexity of the human condition and the duality of human behavior.
Pi first kills
a flying fish by wrapping it in a blanket and breaking its neck. He reacts by feeling great empathy for the fish while he’s killing it and then by weeping heartily over its lost soul once it’s dead. He feels like a guilty killer with “blood on his hands” (p.183), both figuratively and literally. Although the teen mentions that he never forgets to mention this first kill in his prayers, his subsequent kills become much easier to handle. His second fish is a dorado that he bludgeons over the head with the blunt end of a hatchet with relative glee. He explains that his change in outlook with a simple truth: “a person can get used to anything, even to killing” (p.185). Personally, I have mixed feelings about Pi’s line of reasoning. I’d have to agree with his assumption, but it seems to be a depressingly macabre take on human behavior when one considers that Pi is using it to justify murder. Even so, if seen as a comment on human adaptability and perseverance, it could be a contrarily uplifting sentiment. Surely, Yann Martel intended the observation to reflect the complexity of the human condition and the duality of human behavior.