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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 is the meaning of salao?
(a) A greeting.
(b) A small room.
(c) The champion.
(d) Extreme bad luck.

2. After the second brown shark is killed, what does it do?
(a) It jumps into the boat with Santiago.
(b) It pulls the skiff over by its dead weight.
(c) It hangs onto the place where it had bit into the marlin.
(d) It pulls the marlin down with its lifeless body to the bottom of the sea.

3. Why does Santiago think he may have to fight again before he reaches Havana?
(a) There is still half of the meat left on the marlin.
(b) The boy is not there to help him.
(c) He is still having bad luck.
(d) The sharks know he cannot see them in the dark.

4. What does the old man eat to keep up his strength?
(a) The man-of-war bird.
(b) Raw tuna.
(c) Tacos the boy gave him.
(d) The last of his bait.

5. What does the old man think he killed the fish for besides food and to keep himself alive?
(a) Throwing a big party for his friends.
(b) The lust for killing.
(c) Pride of being a fisherman.
(d) Revenge for all the fish he had lost.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the old man know the marlin had turned eastward?

3. What happens while Santiago and the boy enjoy a beer on the Terrace?

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

5. What is the one thing not beautiful about the Mako shark?

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