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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detailed Summary & Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens by midnight as Santiago returns to the land?
(a) The sharks leave as he gets near the city.
(b) His hands are well enough to use both of them with the club.
(c) He is able to fight off the sharks in the dark.
(d) The sharks come in a pack to get the rest of the marlin.

2. As Santiago keeps vigil over his line, what does he wish for?
(a) The boy.
(b) The food he forgot to bring.
(c) The dawn.
(d) The water bottle.

3. What marlin does Santiago think about as he considers this fish he has on his line?
(a) A female marlin that her mate kept jumping up to see where she was.
(b) The first marlin he ever caught.
(c) The marlin he and the boy caught 86 days ago.
(d) A marlin that once broke his line and got away.

4. How does he get something to eat?
(a) He cuts a slice out of the marlin.
(b) He catches seaweed and shakes the small shrimp out of it.
(c) He eats some of the rotting sardines and hopes it does not make him sick.
(d) He puts the small line into the water and catches a tuna.

5. How does Santiago imagine Joe DiMaggio would be able to do what he is doing with the marlin?
(a) Not so well except at clubbing the big fish to death.
(b) He couldn't do it at all because of his bone spur.
(c) He would get too tired because baseball games do not last for days.
(d) Better, because his is young and strong and his father was a fisherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. After killing the Mako shark, what is Santiago aware of as missing?

2. Which line below gives an indication of Santiago's respect for nature?

3. How many times does the old man have to stop and sit down on his way to his shack?

4. What funny thing does Santiago say to himself after thinking about what he had not brought with him on this fishing trip?

5. What does the old man eat to keep up his strength?

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