Be sure to choose each answer carefully. You get only one try to answer each question correctly!
For Questions 1-10, please mark the letter of the correct definition of the given vocabulary word.
behemoth
bad
a giant
glutinous
sticky
friendly
gregarious
sticky
friendly
eviscerate
to gut
(The words to gut means to cut out parts of a body.)
to prevent
emaciated
unchanging
gaunt;
thin; the opposite of fat
regurgitate
ancient;
very old
to
vomit; to throw up partially digested food
monotonous
unchanging
gaunt;
thin; the opposite of fat
infernal
horrible
unchanging
unfettered
freed
horrible
forestall
to prevent
friendly
Look at the italicized sample sentence:
Cottages still ____ along the shores of the lake.
Which of the following words could be placed in the blank?
lie
lay
Look at the sample italicized sentence:
We found where we _____ the can of bait last summer.
Which of the following words could be placed in the blank?
laid
lain
How does Pi determine that his mastery of the lifeboat is “no longer in question” (p.222)?
RP allows Pi to stay in the lifeboat.
RP begins to spend all of his time on the raft.
What’s the “single most constant source of anxiety and suffering” (p.224) for Pi and RP on their journey?
hunger
thirst
When Pi narrates, “The clouds looked as if they were stumbling along before the wind, frightened” (p. 225, he’s using _____ to describe a _____.
personification; storm
onomatopoeia; whale
Pi chooses death by ______ over _____ before an oncoming storm, but he ends up losing ____________.
animal; water; the raft
thirst; starvation; food
Which of the following is not an example of irony from this week’s reading?
Instead of rescuing Pi, the ship almost runs him over.
Pi notes that the other survivor is French.
Why does Pi think that the other survivor is RP, and why do Pi and the other survivor have trouble finding each other?
The
survivor only growls, and Pi is afraid. (The word growl
means to make an angry sound at the back of the throat.
The survivor only growls, and both the survivor and Pi are blind.
(The word blind means someone or something that cannot see.)
Which sentence is written correctly?
Because the law only
affects individuals, not governmental bodies, the lawsuit was dismissed.
Because the law only effects individuals, not governmental bodies, the lawsuit was dismissed.
Which choice answers the italicized question correctly
and is also grammatically correct? How many people does the survivor say he has killed, and what reason does he give for the murder(s)?
The survivor says that he has killed two people, a man and a woman, out of need and due to circumstance.
The survivor says that he has killed one person, a man who had attacked him, out of the need for immediate and future self-protection.
What is the “terrible cost of Richard Parker” (p. 255)? How is the entire situation involved in this terrible cost ironic? What in Pi dies during this ordeal, and why has it “never come back to life” (p. 255)?
The
“terrible cost of Richard Parker” is the blindness of the tiger. Pi is angry
that the tiger accidentally killed the castaway. The tiger's blindness
strongly affects Pi. Pi says that something in him dies too and never returns. The situation is ironic because
tigers usually see well. It is clear that Pi will never be able to re-enter human society.
The
“terrible cost of Richard Parker” is the life of Pi’s fellow castaway. Pi
believes the tiger gives Pi his life by taking another's life. This death
strongly affects Pi. Pi says that something in him dies too and never returns. The situation is ironic because the castaway
is actually intending to kill and eat Pi. The idea that Pi mourns the death of someone who intends to murder and
eat him is the opposite of what would be expected from the teen.