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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What indicates the old man's pride?
(a) He always wears a new shirt.
(b) At first refusing to eat what the boy has brought him.
(c) Shame at not having enough yellow rice and fish to share with the boy.
(d) His shame at having such a patched up sail.

2. His back is already hurting him, and then what begins to give him pain?
(a) His neck hurts from continually looking down at the water.
(b) His hand cramps.
(c) The sunlight gives him a headache.
(d) He cuts himself with a knife.

3. Why is Santiago so sure that the Yankees will win their next games?
(a) DiMaggio has recovered from his injury.
(b) They lost once and won't let it happen again.
(c) They have no serious competition in their last games.
(d) They never need luck to win.

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

5. What tells Santiago that he is becoming unclear in the head?
(a) He thinks he has two fish on his line.
(b) He tells the fish to come and kill him.
(c) He thinks he sees the fish turning green.
(d) He tells himself to let the fish go.

6. What contrast does Santiago think about that shows the hard work ahead of him as night falls?
(a) He thinks about having to kill the marlin and is glad he does not have to kill the stars.
(b) He thinks about how deep the marlin is and how high the stars are.
(c) He thinks about how much larger the marlin is than the tiny stars.
(d) He considers the difference between night and day while fishing.

7. Why does Santiago decide to go farther out to sea than usual?
(a) He thinks big fish may be out where the schools of bonito and albacore stay.
(b) He thinks the nearer waters have been fished out.
(c) He wants to get away from other boats.
(d) He has never been far out before.

8. How does the old man know the winds will blow all night?
(a) From the clouds.
(b) From the curve of his sail.
(c) From the currents.
(d) From the seagulls.

9. Who does the boy fear will defeat the Yankees?
(a) The Cleveland Indians.
(b) The White Sox.
(c) The Baltimore Orioles.
(d) The Red Sox.

10. When the fish begins circling, what does the old man do?
(a) He ties down the line to wait for the fish to tire.
(b) He carefuly starts pulling in the line.
(c) He gives the fish more line.
(d) He runs up the skiff's sail.

11. What does the old man eat to get more strength after he washed his face and hands?
(a) The cleaned flying fish.
(b) The bad smelling dolphin.
(c) Some jerky he forgot he had in his pocket.
(d) A jellyfish.

12. After eating the raw dolphin, what does the old man promise he will do in the future?
(a) Never eat on the boat again.
(b) Bring sandwiches.
(c) Bring along salt and limes.
(d) Rig up a stove on his skiff.

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

14. What does the shadow of a passing airplane do on the surface of the sea?
(a) Scares up a school of flying fish.
(b) Bounces like a basketball.
(c) Makes the dolphins go away.
(d) Startles Santiago.

15. How does the old man discover that the fish is slowing down?
(a) From the fact that the breeze subsides.
(b) From the way the man-of-war bird has to use his wings more.
(c) From the way the flying fish jump shorter distances.
(d) From the flow of blood from his hand in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Santiago imagine Joe DiMaggio would be able to do what he is doing with the marlin?

2. How old was the boy the first time he went fishing with Santiago?

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

4. What happens to snap the old man out of his conversation with the bird?

5. What two spots does Santiago hit on the first brown shark?

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