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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 Santiago's plan as the fist keeps circling?
(a) To give the fish less and less line.
(b) To let out the line.
(c) To let the boat turn around and around as the fish circles.
(d) To jump in to fight the fish.

2. Speaking out loud, what does Santiago say to the big fish on his line?
(a) I'll stay with you until I'm dead!
(b) Fish, aren't you getting tired yet?
(c) Come on up and let me get a good look at you!
(d) For heaven's sake, turn around and go the other way.

3. What two spots does Santiago hit on the first brown shark?
(a) The underbelly and the dorsal fin.
(b) Both eyes.
(c) The jaw and the fins.
(d) The brain and the eye.

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

5. Why does the old man never jerk on the line?
(a) Each jerk widens the cut the hook makes and with a jump the fish might throw it off.
(b) A jerk on the line might make the fish pull him overboard.
(c) It would take away too much of his own strength.
(d) His hand is too cramped up to jerk on the line.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Santiago have besides his strength?

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

3. Santiago's respect for nature and the marlin he has on his line is profound. What does he think about the people who will eat the great fish?

4. What does the old man eat to get more strength after he washed his face and hands?

5. How long had their last dry spell lasted before the old man and the boy caught some good fish?

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