English 10H Semester 1 Final (Life of Pi portion)
How old is Pi when he and his family move to Canada?
16 years old
What is flight distance
A "flight distance" is "the minimum distance at which an animal wants to keep a perceived enemy." Put more simply, "flight distance" refers to how close an animal will allow an enemy to get to it before it flees.
Mr. and Mr. Kumar are
A biology teacher and a baker
How does Pi link his statement about freedom in zoos to religion
Both appear to be free but are actually confining
What is strange about the house that is being described in the beginning of chapter 15
Contains items of all three religions
What is one of the more difficult things for Pi while he is on the boat
Eating meat
What is worse than Pi only having four pictures of his whole childhood
He can barely remember his mother
Why does Pi like praying in the mosque
He feels good... deep, immediate connection to the ground beneath him
How does Pi's life change after word gets out that he has been practicing three religions
He is unwelcome in the areas where he would practice
Why does Pi love his prayer rug
He says it glowed with beauty and when he laid it down it reminded him that the earth was sacred everywhere because God created it
What does Pi say made him hindu
He says that the rich sensory details of Hinduism made him love the religion from the start
Why does Pi not see anything wrong with practicing three different religions at the same time?
He thinks that all three religions worship the same god
Why is Pi's father confused by Pi's religious devotion
He values modern conveniences and sees it as old fashioned and backwards
Why does Mr. Kumar call the zoo his "temple"
He visits all the time and uses the natural world like others use religion
Who all was on the boat with Pi
Hyena (cook), zebra (sailor), orangutan (Pi's mother), and the tiger (Pi)
What does Mr. Kumar mean when he says," If you take two steps towards God,...God runs to you!"
If one is open to the idea of God, then God will be in their life
Why is Pi scared when he realizes all three religious leaders have come to see him
No one knows he has been practicing all three religions
Why does Pi think zoologists say the most dangerous animal in a zoo is man
People have made the entire planet their prey. They cause the most problems by tormenting animals
Pi's Secondary School
Petit Seminare
What does Pi's wife do for a living
Pharmacist
What surprises the narrator in chapter 36
Pi has a family that he has been hiding
What does the narrator mean when he says that whomever he visits bobs on the ocean or memory
Pi is drifting along through his memories
What is Pi's full name
Piscine Molitor Patel
When Pi asks his mother if he can be baptized and get a prayer rug, what does she do to distract him
She tells him to read a book
What trait did the narrator and Mamaji share
Swimming
Why is the animal with the lowest social standing also the easiest to train
The animal with the lowest social standing has the most to gain from associating with the alpha member of the group.
In chapter 6, the point of view switches from first to third person... who is speaking
The author
What happened to the leopard in Pi's story and what does this illustrate
The leopard was unseen for ten weeks and when she was found she was shot. This illustrates that escaped zoo animals are not dangerous but simply wanting to fit in
What does Pi say an animal's hates above all else
The unknown
What impresses Pi about the priests at the Christian church
They love all while providing guidance
How to Pi and Ravi feel about moving to Canada
They thought it was way too far
Why did the author go to India
To write a novel
Why did the author include chapter 2 (very short) and what was hinted
Transition paragraph between Pi in present day Canada and remembering India. Hinted that something serious would happen to Pi
What does Pi say accounts for the most hostile and aggressive behavior among animals
Uncertainty of their social hierarchy
What is zoomorphism?
When animals takes other as its own
How does Pi introduce himself to his new class at Petit Seminaire
Writes his name, Pi Patel, and adds the pi symbol for good measure
What were Mr. Patel's two majors in college? What connection does he make between the two?
Zoology and religious studies. Makes the connection with the three-toed sloth
