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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Santiago think of the wind as his friend?
(a) No, because it is fickle.
(b) Yes, because it is always there.
(c) Yes. Sometimes.
(d) No, because it storms a lot in the Caribbean.

2. What does his cramped hand make Santiago think about the boy?
(a) He thinks the boy would remember how that had happened before.
(b) He cannot use his hand at all and the boy could take over.
(c) His hand makes a claw that he thinks the boy would find funny.
(d) He thinks how the boy would massage his hand.

3. How does Hemingway use Joe DiMaggio's injury to show Santiago's limited education?
(a) He thinks DiMaggio has chicken feet.
(b) He thinks DiMaggio can poke out a catcher's eye.
(c) He has no idea what a bone spur is.
(d) He pretends to know what a bone spur is.

4. When does Santiago finally see the lights of the city?
(a) About ten at night.
(b) Early the next morning before dawn.
(c) Just as he is about to give up.
(d) After the moon rises.

5. What makes the flying fish jump out of the water and scatter feverishly?
(a) A shark.
(b) The rising sun.
(c) The man-of-war bird circling overhead.
(d) Dolphins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Santiago fear if he does not sleep after two days?

2. How do we know the old man sleeps for a very long time?

3. What vow does the old man make to the fish?

4. What does Santiago imagine was the reason the fish finally jumped?

5. What does Santiago think is unjust but something he must do?

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