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| Who is the author of the Life of Pi? | Yann Martel |
| Who narrates part one of this story? | Pi narrates in the first person |
| Where did Pi go to high school and college? | Toronto |
| Where did Pi grow up? | India |
| What brought Pi solace from his great suffering? | religion and zoology |
| Who was Francis Adirubasamy? | a close business associate of his father's and a competitive swimming champion |
| Who taught Pi how to swim? | Francis Adirubasamy |
| Who bestowed Pi with his unusual name? | Francis Adirubasamy |
| Who is Pi named after? | the Piscine Molitor, a Parisian swimming club with two pools that Adirubasamy use to go to. |
| Who was Pi's brother? | Ravi |
| How did Pi's father teach Pi and Ravi about the dangerous nature of animals? | he ran the Pondicherry zoo and fed a live goat to a tiger before their eyes |
| What three religions did Pi practice simultaneouly? | Hindu, christianity, and Islam |
| Why did Pi's family decide to move the family to Canada on June 21, 1977? | They were motivated by India's political strife |
