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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the old man know the marlin had turned eastward?
(a) His compass indicated the direction.
(b) The afternoon sun was on his back.
(c) The skiff began to go slower against the east wind.
(d) The eastern sea breezes grew stronger.

2. What does the old man say he has to eat in his shack?
(a) Yellow rice and fish.
(b) Tuna sandwiches.
(c) Coconut and barbecue.
(d) Sardines and saltine crackers.

3. How does he know which way to sail?
(a) From the stars he had seen the night before.
(b) From the sun and the tradewinds.
(c) From the way the flying fish are jumping.
(d) From the compass he always had with him.

4. What brings Santiago awake suddenly in the night?
(a) The marlin is jumping again and again out of the sea.
(b) It starts to rain.
(c) The smell of the leftover raw fish.
(d) Another plane flies over at a low altitude.

5. What does the old man call the business of getting the marlin lashed to the skiff?
(a) Slave work.
(b) Boy Scout work.
(c) Dugout work.
(d) Easy work.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Santiago find in the dolphin's maw when he cuts it open?

3. What does the old man speculate he could use to buy good luck?

4. What funny thing does Santiago say to himself after thinking about what he had not brought with him on this fishing trip?

5. What does Santiago think there are people who are paid to do?

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