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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 amusing thing does the old man say to the fish as the fish begins to come nearer the skiff?
(a) Fish, don't you understand that you are beaten already?
(b) Fish, why don't you just give up?
(c) Fish, you will look good hanging from my wall.
(d) Fish, you are going to die. Do you have to kill me, too?

2. What promise does the old man make if he brings in the fish?
(a) He will never go fishing again.
(b) He will make a pilgrimmage to the Virgin of Cobre.
(c) He will invite the whole village for a fish dinner.
(d) He will demand that the boy's parents let him come back to him.

3. How does Hemingway use Joe DiMaggio's injury to show Santiago's limited education?
(a) He pretends to know what a bone spur is.
(b) He has no idea what a bone spur is.
(c) He thinks DiMaggio has chicken feet.
(d) He thinks DiMaggio can poke out a catcher's eye.

4. When does the old man hoist his sail?
(a) When he thought he heard an airplane.
(b) When it is time to return to the island.
(c) When the winds died down.
(d) When he could not row because of the fish at the side of the skiff.

5. How do you know Santiago had never been up in a plane?
(a) He says out loud that he would never get on one of those things.
(b) He wonders what the sea looks like from that height.
(c) He hardly glances at the plane as it goes over.
(d) He thinks planes are the same size as flying fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old man do to prepare for the arrival of the shark?

2. How does Santiago justify killing the shark?

3. What happens when the shovel-nose shark comes and Santiago stabs it in the brain with his makeshift harpoon?

4. What indicates the old man's pride?

5. What does Santiago imagine was the reason the fish finally jumped?

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