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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 shadow of a passing airplane do on the surface of the sea?
(a) Bounces like a basketball.
(b) Startles Santiago.
(c) Makes the dolphins go away.
(d) Scares up a school of flying fish.

2. Why does Santiago always dream about lions?
(a) He dreams about lions eating a huge fish they catch.
(b) Lions make him feel strong and brave.
(c) He has always loved cats because they like fish.
(d) They are something he saw from a ship off the coast of Africa when he was a boy.

3. What indicates the old man's pride?
(a) He always wears a new shirt.
(b) At first refusing to eat what the boy has brought him.
(c) His shame at having such a patched up sail.
(d) Shame at not having enough yellow rice and fish to share with the boy.

4. How do the brown sharks attack the old man's fish?
(a) One dives under the boat while the other comes from the surface.
(b) They dart in quickly and swim away with small bites.
(c) Both of them dive and attack the fish from under the water.
(d) They attack the marlin from the head and tail.

5. Why do the other fishermen think of the sea in the masculine, el mar?
(a) They take shark livers from the sea.
(b) They like to think of themselves being as strong as the sea.
(c) They see it as a dangerous enemy.
(d) They see it as a generous man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Santiago have besides his strength?

2. What simile does Hemingway use to show the boy's admiration for Santiago?

3. Why does Santiago decide to go farther out to sea than usual?

4. How do you know Santiago had never been up in a plane?

5. What does the old man imagine about the marlin if it had been alive?

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