Characters
Plot
Literary Elements
Vocabulary
Themes
100
What is the name of the character who throws up when he sees the ocean?
Jack or Jackie
100
What is the name of the mathematical number that is used throughout the book?
Pi
100
Which literary device is a comparison that uses like or as?
Simile
100
Which of the following words means rough and noisy? A. balmy B. accolades C. boisterous D. tangible
C. boisterous
100
What is a theme?
A truth about life or a lesson that is revealed in a work of literature.
200
What is the name of the old woman who is waiting for her long-lost son?
Eustasia Johannsen
200
True or False? Gunnar teaches Jack and Early how to fly fish.
True
200
Which of the following is a literary device that gives human-like qualities to something that is not a human? A. hyperbole B. metaphor C. simile D. personification
D. personification
200
The little girl began _________ her arms and legs when she didn't get her way. A. furrowed B. gouging C. pilfering D. flailing
D. flailing
200

"Find the ways our paths cross, our lives intersect, and our hearts collide" (Vanderpool, 291). What theme is this quote displaying? A. Unity B. Hatred C. Loss D. Professionalism

A. Unity

300
Who is Emmaline Bellefleur?
The school librarian or the woman Gunnar loves.
300
How does Pi describe the souls in the catacombs? A. asleep B. half dead, half alive C. content people D. dead
B. half dead, half alive
300
Which literary device is being used in the following quote: "Because, like a magician, he revealed the last thing in the world I expected to see" (Vanderpool, 97)? A. metaphor B. simile C. idiom D. hyperbole
B. simile
300
Which of the following words means to soothe, quiet or calm? A. reprieve B. lull C. lethargic D. pelting
B. lull
300
What theme is mostly closely shown through the following quote: "I knew what it felt like to be lost. But I didn't know if I could guide us out" (Vanderpool, 267). A. Friends don't leave each other. B. People need to navigate, but sometimes lose their way. C. Astronomy is the only way to navigate. D. Love can conquer all trials that people face.
B. People need to navigate, but sometimes lose their way.
400
Which character steals the Maine from Jack and Early?
MacScott
400
List the following plot events in the correct order: A. Jack and Early meet Gunnar B. Jack gets bit by a snake C. Jack discovers that Fisher is Early's brother D. Fisher buries Martin Johannsen's bones
C. A. B. D.
400
What is a hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration, such as "This bag weighs a ton!"
400
At the funeral, she expressed her ___________ to the wife of the man who had passed away.
condolences
400
Which of the following is not a theme from the book: A. In life we all need a navigator to provide direction. B. Friends don't leave each other. C. Everyone handles loss differently. D. People sometimes have their hearts broken too easily.
D. People sometimes have their hearts broken too easily.
500
Whose mother died during childbirth?
Early Auden
500
What does Pi see on the cave walls of the catacombs?
The drawings of ancient people
500
What literary element is being used in the following quote: "Pi realized he knew only what the ocean had let him know. What it had deemed necessary" (Vanderpool, 67)?
Personification
500
A ___________ is someone who has concern for the happiness of other people.
humanitarian
500

What theme is shown through Gunnar's character?

Although people experience trials in their life, they can still help others and will come out on top in the end.

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