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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Santiago wish the marlin would sleep?
(a) So he could catch his supper.
(b) So he could sleep and dream of lions.
(c) So he could slowly pull the marlin in.
(d) So he could get up and walk around.

2. What commonality does Santiago observe in deep water fish when they pick up speed?
(a) They have purple stripes or spots.
(b) They are always hungry.
(c) They all look green in the water.
(d) They turn yellow when they are angry or frightened.

3. What is Santiago's secret for deep sea fishing?
(a) To use no more than one line at a time.
(b) To let the boat drift and put the lines at an angle.
(c) To bring the lines up often so the fish will notice the movement.
(d) To keep the lines straight down.

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

5. What does the old man think is a greater punishment for the marlin than the hook in his mouth?
(a) The fact that he cannot sleep.
(b) Hunger and fighting something he does no comprehend.
(c) The indignity of being caught by a man.
(d) Sharks that he cannot escape because of the hook and line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens by midnight as Santiago returns to the land?

2. What kind of sharks came the second time?

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

4. Santiago hates these sharks because they were something more than killers like the Mako shark. What is that?

5. Why does Santiago think he may have to fight again before he reaches Havana?

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