Pi thinks the hyena never attacked him because the tiger was in the boat.
In the beginning, there were more 'passengers' on the ship - the hyena, a zebra, and an orangutan. However, the hyena killed the zebra and the orangutan, but never dared to actually attack Pi as well, because of his friend, the tiger named Richard Parker.
Totally a glove! The fingers point the way, gloves don't move easily when blown by the wind, the two skins are the glove skin and the person's skin.
<span>It is either past perfect tense or pat progressive.
Example:
past perfect--- I had cooked when they brought the food.
past progressive---I was cooking when they brought the food.
Had cooked is past perfect, and was cooking is past progressive. Had cooked indicates cooking was finished, and wascooking indicates it was going on or in progress when something else happened (in the simple past).</span>