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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 the old man speculate he could use to buy good luck?
(a) Another 84 days of bad luck.
(b) A lost harpoon, a broken knife, and two bad hands.
(c) The glow of the city lights on the shore.
(d) The bones of the marlin.

2. What does Santiago consider as his principal friends on the ocean?
(a) The dolphins.
(b) The flying fish.
(c) The song birds.
(d) The giant turtles.

3. Why does Santiago wish the marlin would sleep?
(a) So he could slowly pull the marlin in.
(b) So he could catch his supper.
(c) So he could sleep and dream of lions.
(d) So he could get up and walk around.

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

5. When do the sharks return after Santiago loses his makeshift harpoon?
(a) Just before sunset.
(b) Immediately after he ran them off the first time.
(c) Just after dark.
(d) Early the next morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the flying fish jump out of the water and scatter feverishly?

2. How does Santiago know that he is not dead?

3. What is the boy's reaction when the proprietor of the Terrace compliments his catch the day before?

4. Obviously a very large fish that is caught on Santiago's line. What does the fish do all night long?

5. What does Santiago plan to do to change his luck?

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