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1) What is the main purpose of the passage?
- A) The author recounts a traumatic memory of a near-death experience at the hands of a family member.
- B) The author narrates the various points of his journey as he dutifully learns the sport of swimming.
- C) The author explains the reasons for why his parents never took to swimming despite the urgings of a family friend.
- D) The author questions his motivations for entering into a sport introduced to him by his "Mamaji."
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2) In explaining the origin of the nickname “Mamaji,” the narrator reveals which of the following?
- A) Mamaji’s real name is too long to pronounce, and his father is grateful to Mamaji.
- B) Mamaji is like family to him, and he has great respect for Mamaji.
- C) Mamaji is older than his father, and Mamaji is a respected swimmer.
- D) Mamaji is a wise man, and he has a strange origin story.
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3) It can be inferred from Ravi’s description of Mamaji’s birth that
- A) Ravi enjoys teasing others at their expense.
- B) Ravi has a genuine belief in tall tales and myths.
- C) Ravi’s sense of humor is different from Mamaji’s.
- D) Ravi intensely dislikes Mamaji for attempting to teach him to swim.
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4) Mamaji’s current physical condition could best be described as
- A) the perfect swimmer’s build, equivalent to what it was in his prime.
- B) somewhat declining, but still well kept through exercise.
- C) deformed grotesquely since his birth.
- D) slowly becoming more natural due to years of conditioning.
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5) Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
- A) Lines 18-22 (“He coughed\(\ldots\)so skinny.”)
- B) Lines 24-25 (“The first\(\ldots\)his bed.”)
- C) Lines 26-30 (“Even in\(\ldots\)Aurobindo Ashram.”)
- D) Lines 31-40 (“He tried\(\ldots\)to fall.”)
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6) As used in line 33, “ludicrous” most nearly means
- A) offensive
- B) reckless
- C) strange
- D) aggressive
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7) As described in lines 41-42, Mamaji most likely “had to wait” for the narrator’s coming of age “to find a willing disciple” because
- A) the rest of the narrator’s family was unable or unwilling to learn how to swim.
- B) the narrator’s father would not allow him to swim until a certain age.
- C) Ravi had made the narrator scared of the strange Mamaji.
- D) he was not respected as a qualified instructor.
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8) As used in line 49, “guru” most nearly means
- A) sage
- B) instructor
- C) specialist
- D) master
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9) The narrator’s attitude towards learning to swim is best described as
- A) annoyed
- B) apathetic
- C) indifferent
- D) committed
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10) Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
- A) Lines 42-46 (“The day\(\ldots\)to you.’”)
- B) Line 47 (“And then\(\ldots\)drowned you,”)
- C) Lines 49-53 (“I remained\(\ldots\)to breathe.”)
- D) Lines 59-65 (“When he\(\ldots\)swimming pool.”)
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RC Literature: Life of Pi Problem Set

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