Life of pi questions pi's two main interests throughout the novel include religion and question 2 options: astronomy physics zoology traveling while on the lifeboat, why does pi throw himself at the hyena? question 6 options: he no longer cared about the zebra he was hopeless and angry after the zebra's death he was attempting to secure a food source he wanted to see if he was stronger than the hyena why does pi think the hyena never attacked him? question 7 options: the hyena respected him too much. the hyena was very afraid of pi and his power. the hyena had already secured a separate food source. the tiger was in the boat. what did pi finally realize after reading the manual written by a british royal navy commander? question 10 options: too many innocent people are taken by life's cruelties. pi is responsible for his own survival. he learns how to desalinize salt water. he learns how to tie several knots.