View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detailed Summary & Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disappointment does the old man feel because he has been out in his boat for days?
(a) He does not know the baseball game scores.
(b) He cannot remember what the boy looks like.
(c) He has not had a beer in two days.
(d) He has not been able to go to the cock fights.

2. How does Santiago estimate the size of the marlin?
(a) Longer than a small tree is tall.
(b) Twice as long as the last marlin he caught.
(c) Twice as long as he is tall.
(d) Two feet longer than the skiff.

3. What does the old man do to prepare for the arrival of the shark?
(a) He thinks he is dreaming.
(b) He tosses the rotting fish carcasses overboard to distract the shark.
(c) He baits a hook and throws out another line.
(d) He gets his harpoon ready.

4. What does Santiago wish he could show the fish?
(a) His club he would use to kill the fish.
(b) What manner of man the fish was up against.
(c) How many fathoms of line he had in the boat.
(d) How his hand was cramped.

5. What does the fisherman say about the marlin to the boy?
(a) Why would the old man bring back only bones?
(b) There is nothing left but head, tail, and bones.
(c) He was eighteen feet from nose to tail.
(d) I need a tape to measure this fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to snap the old man out of his conversation with the bird?

2. Why does the boy stop fishing with Santiago?

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

4. After the second brown shark is killed, what does it do?

5. After many tries to get the marlin alongside the skiff, what does Santiago reach for?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 443 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample