| A | B |
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| Why is Pi clinging to a lifeboat at the beginning of part two? | the ship is beginning to sink in a bad storm |
| Who is Richard Parker? | He is a tiger aboard the boat. Pi tries to encourage him to jump overboard with him |
| Why does Pi leap into the ocean? | He realizes his mistake in bringing a wild animal aboard |
| Who is rescued in the lifeboat with Pi? | zebra, orangatang, hyena. His family is gone |
| Who kills the zebra and the orangatang? | the hyena |
| Who kills the hyena? | Richard Parker-the tiger |
| Where has Richard Parker been hiding all along | in the bottom of the lifeboat |
| What does Pi subsist on? | canned water, filtered seawater, emergency rations, and freshly caught sealife. |
| Who does Pi master and train? | Richard Parker |
| Why are the castaways going blind? | due to dehydration |
| Why does Richard Parker kill the blind man? | He attacked Pi and intended to eat him |
| What is so strange about the island Pi and Richard Parker land on? | it is an island of trees that grows directly out of vegetation without any soil. |
| What animal does Pi discover? | colony of meerkats who sleep in the trees and freshwater ponds |
| How does Pi conclude that the island eats people? | Pi finds human teeth in a tree's fruit |
| Where does Pi finally wash ashore? | Mexican beach |
