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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 effect did his movement and the hot sun during the day have on Santiago?
(a) He felt like a young man again.
(b) His backache went away.
(c) There was more bleeding from the cuts on his hands.
(d) His hand uncramped.

2. Why doesn't Santiago put the marlin into his boat?
(a) The skiff is too full of water.
(b) He thinks it would be disrespectful.
(c) The marlin is too large.
(d) He is blinded by seawater and cannot see.

3. Santiago is pinned down and the line is rushing out around his back and through his hand, cutting them. What makes him think about the boy?
(a) The boy would talk to him and keep him awake.
(b) The boy would have kept the line wet so that they did not cut his hands.
(c) The boy would have taken over for him and let him go back to sleep.
(d) The boy would harpoon the marlin as it jumped out of the water.

4. How does the old man think he could have made better preparation for eating the raw fish?
(a) Chopping it up into smaller pieces.
(b) Soaking it in sea water before eating it.
(c) Splashing sea water on the bow and letting it dry to get the salt.
(d) Cutting it up as soon as he caught it and letting it sun dry.

5. What happens after the old man harpoons the fish?
(a) It goes high into the air and comes back down, blinding Santiago with sea spray.
(b) The harpoon line breaks and the marlin gets away.
(c) The marlin starts swimming fast and pulls the boat with him.
(d) The fish tries to jump into the boat with the old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Something brings Santiago out of his reverie. What is it?

2. How many rows of teeth does the Mako shark have?

3. Thinking about what the marlin can see deep in the water, how does Santiago recall his own vision years ago?

4. What is Santiago's plan as the fist keeps circling?

5. After killing the Mako shark, what does Santiago eat?

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