Which is the best description of the narrator's situation in the selection After a shipwreck, he is adrift at sea with a tiger named Richard Parker
After a shipwreck, he is responsible for rescuing a tiger named Richard
He finds himself lost at sea on a fishing boat named the Richard Parker
SELECTION TEST
Date:
from Life of Pi
Yann Martel
FIRST READ: Comprehension
Identify the choice that best answers the question.
1.
from Life of PT?
a.
b.
Parker
C
d
He is fishing for dorados on a fishing boat named the Richard Parker,
In the beginning of the selection from Life of Pi, why does the narrator
2.
want to fish?
He is hungry for food.
b. He needs something to do.
He needs to feed the tiger.
d.
He wants to practice survival skills.
C
a.
3.
In the selection from Life of Pi, how does the narrator catch his first flying
fish?
He uses a piece of leather sole as bait.
b. He uses one of his shoelaces as bait.
He pulls it in after it grabs his hook.
d. He picks it up after it flies into the boat.
4.
In the selection from Life of Pi, why does the narrator have difficulty
killing his first fish?
a. The tiger has taken it from him.
b. Its skin is turning different colors.
C. He is a committed vegetarian.
d. It escapes as soon as he lets go of it.
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