Q 01/05

In Life of Pi, Pi's father teaches him to fear tigers by making him watch one kill which animal?

A) A deer

B) A chicken

C) A goat

D) A rabbit

Answer · why

C) A goat

A goat. His father does not stop there: in the novel he goes on to show his sons how each of the other animals in his care could injure or kill them.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the Bengal tiger in Life of Pi?

A) Richard Parker

B) Satish Kumar

C) Santosh Patel

D) Francis Adirubasamy

Answer · why

A) Richard Parker

Richard Parker. That was the name of the hunter who caught him as a cub: the paperwork for the shipment mixed up the two names, and the tiger kept the...

Q 03/05

Who directed the 2012 film adaptation of Life of Pi?

A) Danny Boyle

B) James Cameron

C) Mira Nair

D) Ang Lee

Answer · why

D) Ang Lee

Ang Lee. In 2010 the studio judged his budget too high and put the project on hold; the finished film went on to take more than $600 million worldwide...

Q 04/05

What business does Pi's family run in India in Life of Pi?

A) A circus

B) A safari lodge

C) A zoo

D) A veterinary clinic

Answer · why

C) A zoo

A zoo. When his father decides to sell up and move abroad, the animals travel on the same freighter as the family, which is how a tiger ends up in Pi'...

Q 05/05

In which ocean is Pi stranded in Life of Pi?

A) Indian

B) Atlantic

C) Southern

D) Pacific

Answer · why

D) Pacific

Pacific. The freighter goes down at night in a storm, and why it sank is never explained, which is what later brings two investigators to Pi's hospita...