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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 does Santiago promise that he cannot do right at the moment?
(a) Always bring the boy with him.
(b) Say a hundred Our Fathers and a hundred Hail Marys.
(c) Go to church every morning.
(d) Get himself a larger boat.

2. Why doesn't Santiago put the marlin into his boat?
(a) He thinks it would be disrespectful.
(b) He is blinded by seawater and cannot see.
(c) The skiff is too full of water.
(d) The marlin is too large.

3. What is Santiago doing when the boy returns to his shack?
(a) He is reading the baseball scores.
(b) He is still sleeping.
(c) He is making a new harpoon.
(d) He is looking for something to eat.

4. What assistance for the old man does the boy try to get?
(a) He tries to get a new sail for Santiago's boat.
(b) He tries to get better bait for Santiago.
(c) He tries to get his mother to make food for Santiago.
(d) He tries to get the boat he is now on to go far out near the old man.

5. When Santiago spots the shark, what does he know about the predator?
(a) It will not swim fast enough to catch the boat.
(b) It has no fear and will do whatever it wants.
(c) It will try to knock him out of the boat.
(d) It will not bother him if it is not hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the old man discover that the fish is slowing down?

2. What effect did his movement and the hot sun during the day have on Santiago?

3. How many rows of teeth does the Mako shark have?

4. Who does Santiago think would be proud of him after he gets the fish lashed to the boat?

5. Santiago hates these sharks because they were something more than killers like the Mako shark. What is that?

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