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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 are Santiago's last three weapons he can use against the sharks?
(a) The broken water bottle, the oars, and a club.
(b) The oars, the anchor, and some line.
(c) Two oars, the tiller, and a short club.
(d) A broken knife, some big fish hooks, and the oars.

2. When does the old man hoist his sail?
(a) When he could not row because of the fish at the side of the skiff.
(b) When it is time to return to the island.
(c) When he thought he heard an airplane.
(d) When the winds died down.

3. What does Santiago dream of?
(a) The fights he had when he was young.
(b) The women he has known in his youth.
(c) Fishing in a new, large boat.
(d) Africa and the lions on the beach.

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

5. When the marlin slows and is steady, Santiago finally gets some sleep. What does he dream of instead of lions?
(a) A flight on a plane.
(b) A vast school of porpoises.
(c) Arm wrestling with the marlin.
(d) Cutting his hand on the fishing line.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does the old man have to stop and sit down on his way to his shack?

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

3. As his head becomes unclear again, what does Santiago ask himself?

4. What simile does Hemingway use to show the boy's admiration for Santiago?

5. What idea does Santiago have to help tire the marlin out?

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