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This character recalls writing two theses, one about Isaac Luria and one about “the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth.” This character describes a Chinese boy’s leg being cut off by a French cook for two Ministry of Transport officials. This character, who recounts going to an (20[1])algae-covered island populated by (*) meerkats, is named (20[1])after a (10[1])swimming pool (10[1])and professes Christianity, Islam, (10[1])and Hinduism. (10[1])This character (10[1])survives the shipwreck of the Tsimtsum (“t’zim-t’zum”), on which his family had fled Pondicherry (10[1])with several zoo animals. For 10 points, name this character who is accompanied by the tiger Richard Parker on a lifeboat in a Yann Martel (10[1])novel titled (10[1])for his “Life.” ■END■ (10[1])

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