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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does he get something to eat?
(a) He puts the small line into the water and catches a tuna.
(b) He catches seaweed and shakes the small shrimp out of it.
(c) He cuts a slice out of the marlin.
(d) He eats some of the rotting sardines and hopes it does not make him sick.

2. How long had their last dry spell lasted before the old man and the boy caught some good fish?
(a) 86 days.
(b) 84 days.
(c) 64 days.
(d) 67 days.

3. When Santiago spots the shark, what does he know about the predator?
(a) It will not bother him if it is not hungry.
(b) It has no fear and will do whatever it wants.
(c) It will try to knock him out of the boat.
(d) It will not swim fast enough to catch the boat.

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

5. How do we know the old man sleeps for a very long time?
(a) The old man talks all day in his sleep.
(b) The boy has to re-heat the coffee.
(c) It is the next morning before he wakes up.
(d) The boy keeps thinking the old man has died.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the old man fear since the shark had taken about forty pounds of flesh off the marlin?

3. Why does Santiago decide to re-bait the the small line over the stern of the boat?

4. What funny thing does Santiago say to himself after thinking about what he had not brought with him on this fishing trip?

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

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