Characters
Brother to Pi Patel
Ravi
The name for a fictional story of more than 100 pages
novel
What animal do Pi, Mr. Kumar, and Mr. Kumar admire at the zoo at the start of the novel?
a zebra
Where does Pi spend his childhood?
Pondicherry, India
Nickname of the man who teaches Pi to swim
Mamaji
A recurring image or idea within a literary work
a motif
What is Pi's first (and primary) religion?
Hinduism
Where is the Patel family moving to when they board the Tsimtsum?
Pi's full name (First, middle, and last)
Piscine Molitor Patel
a story which is largely symbolic and often can be interpreted to have a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
allegory
What is "three and a half feet deep, eight feet wide and twenty six feet long, exactly."
the lifeboat
Where does Pi finally touch solid land (in other words not the floating island)
Mexico
Name of both the teacher and the Muslim baker
Mr. Kumar
Two literary devices present in this line: "No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture waiting quietly to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on your cheek."
personification and simile
He uses them to turn the boat into the waves and create a rocking motion that makes Richard Parker seasick
What item does Pi find wrapped in leaves on the island?
human teeth
Junior member of the duo from the Japanese Ministry of Transport who interview Pi
Mr. Chiba
Giving human qualities to animals
anthropomorphism
the survival manual that is with the supplies in the lifeboat
Where is Pi interviewed by the gentlemen from the Japanese Ministry
In an infirmary in Mexico.