For Questions 1-10, please mark the letter of the correct definition of the given vocabulary word.
forbearance
self-control
difficult
revulsion
a shell
disgust
persnickety
disgust
fussy
affronted
to help
offended
opaquely
cloudily
self-control
accommodate
to help
offended
misconstrue
misinterpret
self-control
retract
to withdraw
offended
carapace
a shell
disgust
arduous
self-control
difficult
Which of the following should not be capitalized?
the Moon
English class
Which of the following has been written
correctly?
Spring and Fall
Earth and Venus
How long does Pi survive at sea, and—according to him—what’s the key to his survival?
eighty-three days; fear
227 days; busyness
Why does Pi give up on trying to decipher the navigation manual and studying the stars?
He has no way to control the boat.
He loses the manual and can’t see the stars.
Pi says, “What I saw was an upside-down town, small, quiet, and peaceable, whose citizens
went about with the sweet civility of angels” (p. 198). What literary device is he using and what is he describing?
metaphor; the sea
hyperbole; a ship
What, on the lifeboat, makes Pi homesick, and how does it make him homesick?
The smell of the flare shells reminds him of cumin.
(Cumin is a spice that makes food taste better.)
Seeing Richard Parker reminds Pi of the zoo.
To control Richard Parker, Pi makes the tiger “green about the gills”
(p. 204). What does this mean?
Pi makes the tiger sick.
Pi makes the tiger hungry.
What does Pi first see that shows him that he is
getting control of Richard Parker?
Richard Parker gives Pi food.
Richard Parker tries to hide his feces.
Which sentence is written correctly?
Do Noah and Roy’s ownership of this boat entitle them to membership in the Second Street Yacht Club?
Do Noahs and Roys ownership of this boat entitle them two to a membership in the Second Street Yacht Club?
Which choice answers the question correctly and has no grammatical errors? Question: What two measures does Pi use as a means of controlling and imposing his territory on the lifeboat?
Pi uses his ability to make Richard Parker seasick and the sound of the whistle to impose his territory on the lifeboat. At any sign of the tiger’s incursion into his territory, the teen employs one of the measures or, preferably, both in conjunction.
Pi uses his whistle and the dark to control and impose his territory on the lifeboat. Pi blows the whistle randomly and feeds the tiger only at night, making the tiger wait for his master to eat first.
Pi talks about boredom and terror. He says, “Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other…Yet even these two opposites do not remain distinct” (p. 217).
What does Pi mean?
Pi’s quote is a metaphor that means that boredom and terror in
a person's life are like the movements of a clock’s pendulum.
Boredom is one extreme shown when the pendulum goes to one side. Terror is
another extreme when the pendulum goes to the other side. These “opposites” (p. 217)
show two different ways people can feel in a situation. Pi says people can
feel terror when they are bored. They can feel boredom when they feel
terror. The situation that brings the two opposite feelings together is fears or thoughts of death. Death
makes people feel emotions because people fear death in times of danger, and
think about death in times of boredom. Certainly, all readers have
thoughts and fears about death, so they can understand Pi's quote.
Pi means that boredom and terror are like a pendulum because they are extremes,
but they are unlike a pendulum because both feelings can be experienced at the same time. Obviously, a pendulum cannot be at both sides of its swing at the same time. A
situation that can cause these emotions at the same time is a test. Tests are both boring and terrifying.
Certainly, Pi talks about boredom and terror because he wants all readers to
hate tests.