THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Choose the Correct Option
1- Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in
a. 21 July 1888
b.21 June 1999
c.21 July 1899
d.21 May 1999
2- Many of his works are considered classics of
a.British Literature
b.Ancient Literature
c.Greek Literature
d.American Literature
3- Ernest Hemingway was
a.Novelist
b.Short story writer
c.Sportsman
d.All of these
4- What term had a strong influence on 20th Century
fiction?
a.Iceberg theory
b.Big bang theory
c.Zero theory
d.none of these
5- Hemingway was born in the month of
a.
June
b.
July
c.
March
d.
April
6- The birthplace of Ernest Hemingway was
a.
Island
b.
Oak Park, Illinois
c.
England
d.
Italy
7- His Novel "The Sun Also Rises" was his pen work
in
a.
1924
b.
1925
c.
1926
d.
1927
8- In 1929 he wrote
a.
The Sun Also Rises
b.
A Farewell to Arms
c.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
d.
none of above
9-When did his best work "For Whom the Bell
Tolls" became published?
a.
1930
b.
1940
c.
1950
d.
1960
10- His _________ writing style became so famous
a.
plainspoken no-frills
b.
tragic
c.
twisted
d.
metaphorical
11- His ______ was almost as famous as his writing
a.
family
b.
friends
c.
personality
d.
dashing machismo
12- He lived in ________
a.
Paris
b.
Cuba
c.
key west
d.
all of above
13- He served as a war correspondent in
a.
WW2
b.
Spanish Civil War
c.
both a and b
d.
none of these
14- Hemingway is sometimes called by his familiar
nickname
a.
Ernest
b.
Hemingway
c.
papa
d.
none of above
15- His birthdate is sometimes listen in error as
a.
1897
b.
1898
c.
1899
d.
none of these
16- Hemingway wrote the novel “Adventures of a Young
Man" in
a.
1960
b.
1961
c.
1962
d.
1953
17- Hemingway marry Hadley Richardson in
a.
1919
b.
1920
c.
1921
d.
1922
18- He divorced Hadley Richardson in
a.
1925
b.
1926
c.
1927
d.
1928
19- He marry to Pauline Pfeiffer in
a.
1926
b.
1927
c.
1928
d.
1929
20- He divorced Pauline Pfeiffer in
a.
1934
b.
1936
c.
1938
d.
1940
21- Hemingway marry Martha Gellhorn in
a.
1939
b.
1940
c.
1941
d.
1942
22- He divorced Martha Gellhorn in
a.
1942
b.
1945
c.
1946
d.
none of these
23- Hemingway marry Mary Welsh in
a.
1945
b.
1946
c.
1947
d.
1948
24- In 1930s he made permanent residence in
a.
Cuba
b.
key west
c.
oak park
d.
none of these
25- In __________ he made residence in Cuba
a.
1930s to 1940s
b.
1940s to 1950s
c.
1930s
d.
1940s
26- "Death in the Afternoon" is his
a.
Novel
b.
short story
c.
nonfiction work
d.
poem
27- ___________ was much regret for those who are of the
view that story is nothing
a.
The Old Man and the Sea
b.
Death of Afternoon
c.
Adventures of a Young Man
d.
none of above
28- In ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ the real success is
______
a.
achieving anything
b.
continuous struggle
c.
to win
d.
nothing
29- Hemingway produced most of his work between
a.Mid 1920s and mid 1960s
b.Mid 1940s and mid 1950s
c.Mid 1940s and mid 1960s
d.Mid 1920s and mid 1950s
30- He won Nobel Prize in
a.Peace
b.Physics
c.Literature
d.Social Sciences
31- When he won Nobel Prize in Literature
a.1952
b.1950
c.1954
d.1956
32- He published seven
a.Short stories
b.Poems
c.Novels
d.Essays
33- He had ______ short story collections
a.four
b.five
c.Six
d.Seven
34- He had _____ nonfiction works
a.Two
b.Three
c.Four
d.Five
35- Three of his ______ published posthumously
a.Short stories
b.Poems
c.Novels
d.Nonfiction works
36- His _______ Short story collections were published
posthumously
a.Three
b.Four
c.Five
d.Six
37- His ______ nonfiction works were published
posthumously
a.Two
b.Three
c.Four
d.Five
38- Hemingway was residing in
a.Iceland
b.Greenland
c.Lavana
d.Oak Park
39- After his High School he was reporter for a
a.Newspaper
b.ABC
c.The Kansas City Star
d.None of these
40- Hemingway best known as famous mainly author of
a.
The Old Man and the Sea
b.
The Christ
c.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
d.
none of these
41- Hemingway is one of the ____ century's writer
a.
18th
b.
19th
c.
mid of 19th
d.
20th
42- He was the famous
a.
British writer
b.
American writer
c.
Greece writer
d.
Turkish writer
43- He was enlisted as _______ in World War 1
a.Officer
b.Doctor
c.Ambulance driver
d.None of these
44- When he was enlisted as an ambulance driver
a.World war 2
b.World war 1
c.both a and b
d.none of these
45- When he wounded and returned to home
a.in 1916
b.in 1917
c.in 1918
d.in 1919
46- Which experiences formed the basis of his Novels?
a.School time
b.Wartime
c.Marriage time
d.none of these
47- Of which Novel his wartime experiences formed the
basis
a.The Old Man And The Sea
b. A Farewell to Arms
c.Pride and Prejudice
d.none of these
48- When Hemingway married for the first time
a.in 1924
b.in 1922
c.in 1921
d.in 1920
49- Who was the first of his four wives?
a. Hadley Richardson
b.Pauline Pfeiffer
c.Martha Gellhorn
d.none of these
50- Hemingway was the _______
a.first child
b.second child
c.third child
d.sixth child
51- Hemingway was the _____ son born to Clarence and
Grace
a.first
b.second
c.third
d.forth
52- He wrote draft of The Old Man and the Sea in
a.four weeks
b.six weeks
c.eight weeks
d.none of these
53- What made him the international celebrity?
a.The Old Man and the Sea
b.Death of the Salesman
c.The Sun Also Rises
d.For Whom the Bell Tolls
54- He won Pulitzer Prize in
a.1950
b.1952
c.1954
d.1956
55- _______ wrote in 1926 of Hemingway's first novel
a.The New York Times
b.Global word
c.ABC none of these
56-When did Hemingway ended his own life
a.2 July 1951
b.2 January 1961
c.2 july 1961
d.none of these
57-When did the Novel "The Old Man and the Sea"
was published
a.1954
b.1952
c.1944
d.1942
58- The Novel
"The Old Man and the Sea" is based on
a.Shakespeare's Philosophy
b.Hemingway's Philosophy
c.Ancient Philosophy
d.Greek Philosophy
59-When was Hemingway awarded The Nobel
Prize?
a.1944
b.1952
c.1942
d.1954
60- "The Old Man and the Sea" is a
play of
a.Tragedy
b.Irony
c.Humour
d.Philosophy
61- The name which represents the Old Man in
the Play is
a. Santiago
b.Manolin
c.Marline
d.Emerson
62- "The Old Man and the Sea" is the pen work
of:
a.Emily Dickinson
b.Earnest Hemingway
c.Virginia Woolf
d.Shakespeare
63- For how long days the Old Man had gone for fishing
without taking a fish.
a. Eighty Five days
b.Ninety Five days
c.Eighty Four days
d.Ninety Four days
64- The protagonist of the novel was of
a.Eighty four years
b.Eighty five years
c.Ninety four years
d.Ninety five years
65- Santiago was an _________ fellow
a.Optimistic
b.Brilliant
c.Educated
d.Illiterate
66- The Old man was the victim of ________
a.Success
b.Loneliness
c.Struggle
d.none of these
67- Who was the only friend of Santiago?
a.Marlin
b.Manolin
c.Ernest
d.Emily
68- ________ was stated as the never ending chain of
miseries for Santiago
a.Manoline
b.Sharks
c.Sea
d.Marline
69- What reduces Marline into Skeleton?
a.Crocodiles
b.Sharks
c.Hungry man
d.big fishes
70- “A Man Can Be Destroyed but Not Defeated" is the
philosophy by
a.Hemingway
b.Santiago
c.Manolin
d.Shakespeare
71- On which day Santiago catches a big fish
a.Eighty Five
b.Eighty Six
c.Eighty Seven
d.Eighty Eight
72- What pulls the Old man along with his skiff for three
days and nights
a.Crocodiles
b.Sharks
c.Marlin
d.none of these
73- For how many days the boy had been with the Old man.
a. Eighty
b.Forty
c.Eighty Four
d.Forty Eight
74- The boy's parents think the Old Man is a:
a.Professional fisher
b.Salao
c.Weak leaned person
d.Untrained fisher
75- What's the meaning of "Salao?"
a.Unlucky Person
b.Lucky Person
c.Professional
d.None of these
76- How many fishes Menolin caught in the first week in
another boat
a.Three fishes
b.Four fishes
c.Five fishes
d.Six fishes
77- What did the Old Man's sail looks like?
a.Success
b.Permanent Defeat
c.Hope
d.None of these
78- Which thing was still not old in the Old Man?
a. His face
b.His hair
c.His eyes
d.His defeat
79- The Old Man's eyes show
a.Defeat
b.Hope and Struggle
c.Happiness
d.Loneliness
80- Where the fishermen carry their fishes
a.Havana
b.Lonava
c.La Cabana
d.La Habana
81- What did sea represents in the play
a.Success
b.Living Being
c.Hope
d.Defeat
82- What are the hostile forces of nature?
a.Sea
b.Human being
c.fishes
d.Sharks
83- What deprived the Old man of the fruit of his long
efforts?
a.Fishers
b.Sharks
c.Sea
d.Human being
84- What defeated the Old man outwardly?
a.Marlin
b.Manolin
c.Sharks
d.Sea
85- From which direction the wind came and
make feel pleasant and sunny on the terrace
a.South
b.East
c.North
d.West
86- When the wind was in the east, the smell came across
the harbour because of
a.Meat factory
b.Sea side
c.Shark factory
d.Garbage
87- Manolin was of how many years old when
Santiago took him in a boat
a. Eight years
b.Five years
c.Seven Years
d.Six Years
88- What were the needless temptation to leave in a boat?
a.Gaff
b.Skiff
c.Harpoon
d.Both a and c
89- What did shack called made of the bud shields of the
royal palm
a.Liano
b.Guano
c.Ciano
d.none of these
90- What was the lucky number according to the Old Man?
a.Eighty Two
b.Eighty Three
c.Eighty Four
d.Eighty Five
91- The conversation by Santiago to Manolin was based on
a.Fiction
b.Non fiction
c.Formality
d.News
92- But I fear the ________ of Cleveland
a.Americans
b.Havanas
c.Indians
d.none of these
93- The Old man fear the _______ of Detroit.
a.Tigers
b.Snakes
c.Indians
d.Tigers and Indians
94- How much money did the Old man always borrow?
a.Two dollars and a half
b.Three dollars and a half
c.Two dollars
d.Three dollars
95- First you borrow then you___
a.Lend
b.Earn
c.Borrow
d.Beg
96- In which month the great fish come according to the
Old man
a.October
b.November
c.July
d.September
97- In which month anyone can be a fisherman
a.Feb
b.March
c.April
d.May
98- Who was the favourite player of Santiago?
a.Philadelphia
b.Brooklyn
c.DiMaggio
d.None of these
99- Who carry the list of horses all the time in the
pocket and frequently spoken the names of the horses
a.John Jota McGraw
b.DiMaggio
c.Sisley
d.Philadelphia
100- _____ is my alarm clock, the Old man said
a. Clock
b.Clock House
c.Age
d.Sunrays
101- The Oldman dreamed of the different harbours and
roadsteads of the
a.Canary Islands
b.Greenland
c.Iceland
d.none of these
102- He dreamed the places of the ______ on the beach
a.Woman
b.Fights
c.Contests of strength
d.Lions
103- Old man was fond of flying
a.Fishes
b.Birds
c.Nets
d.none of these
104- What's so kind and beautiful but can be so cruel
a.Human being
b.Sharks
c.Fishes
d.Sea
105- For how many days and nights Old man pulled along
with his skiff due to Marlin
a.Two
b.Three
c.Four
d.Five
106- Marlin was ___ feet long and had ______ strips on
the body
a.16 - brown
b.18 - brown
c.18 - purple
d.16 - purple
107- The ______ of the Old man is the real charm of the
Novel
a.Defeatness
b.Success
c.Struggle
d.Dreams
108- _______ are the essence of the life.
a.Dreams
b.Luxuries
c.Ceaseless efforts
d.Success
109- One bait was down ________ fathoms
a.Twenty
b.Thirty
c.Forty
d.Fifty
110- Second was at
a.Seventy
b.Seventy five
c.Eighty
d.Eighty five
111- ______ fathoms were down in the blue
a.Third
b.forth
c.fifth
d.sixth
112- The boy had given him fresh
a.Tunas or albacores
b.Bread
c.Fish
d.both a and b
113- Each line was looped onto a __________ stick
a.Brown-sapped
b.Green-sapped
c.Iron-sapped
d.Coil-sapped
114- Each line had ______ fathom coils
a.Twenty
b.Thirty
c.Forty
d.Fifty
115- They were at _______ fathoms when the fishermen
thought they were at a hundred.
a.sixty
b.seventy
c.eighty
d.ninety
116- Only I have no _____ any more
a.money
b.luck
c.happiness
d.fishes
117- The sun was two hours higher now and it didn't hurt
his eyes so much to look into the
a.South
b.West
c.East
d.North
118- What did the Old man saw because of a man-of-war bird?
a.Marlin
b.sharks
c.dolphin
d.fish
119- The water was a dark blue now, so dark that
it was almost
a.black
b.green
c.dark blue
d.purple
120- _____ meant fish
a.Insects
b.plankton
c.sharks
d.birds
121- The tiny fish that were coloured like the
a.Purple strips
b.trailing filaments
c.green
d.red
122- The small shade the ______ made it drifted
a.water
b.bubble
c.fishes
d.waves
123- They were immune to its
a.food
b.meat
c.poison
d.vitamins
124- Poisonings from the _____ came quikly
a.mala agua
b.agua mala
c.abua agua
d.agua abua
125- What was the falsest thing in the sea
a.sharks
b.dolphins
c. iridescent bubbles
d.turtles
126- What was eating the iridescent bubbles
a.birds
b.flying fishes
c.sea turtles
d.sharks
127- The old man loved ________ with elegance and speed
a.fishes
b.green turtles
c.hawk birds
d.both b and c
128- He had gone in ______ boats for many years
a.fish
b.turtle
c.man
d.wood
129- A ______ beat for hours after he has been cut up and
butchered
a.man's heart
b.turtle's heart
c.shark's heart
d.whale's heart
130- The old man resembles himself with
a.Marlin
b.Manoline
c.turtle
d.hero
131- He ate ______ to give himself strength
a.fish
b.bread
c.white eggs
d.fruits
132- He ate them all through May to be strong in
a.Sep and Oct
b.Nov
c.Oct and Nov
d.Sep
133- For ______ he made himself strong in Sep and Oct
a.sharks
b.fight
c. truly big fish
d.football
134- He also drank a cup of _______ liver oil each day
a.shark
b.lion
c.tiger
d.dolphin
135- _______ was good against all colds and eyes
a.fish
b.fish liver oil
c.lion liver oil
d.shark liver oil
136- What did the most of the fishermen hated?
a.beer
b.milk
c.shark liver oil
d.fish liver oil
137- He saw the blue back of the fish and the ______ of
his sides
a.wings
b.gold
c.strips
d.fishes
138- The old man hit him on the ______ for kindness and
kicked him
a.head
b.back
c.side
d.wings
139- He'll make a beautiful ______
a.House
b.money
c. bait
d.boat
140- He'll weigh ______
a.twenty pounds
b.ten dollars
c.ten pounds
d.twenty dollars
141- When he was alone steering on his
a.clothes
b.watch
c.hands
d.friends
142- He didn't remember when he and the boy _________
a.fished together
b.fun together
c.ate together
d.play together
143- They talked when they were _________ by bad weather
a.happy
b.tensed
c.storm-bound
d.sad
144- It was considered a virtue not to _________
unnecessarily
a.eat
b.talk
c.fight
d.sleep
145- He aloud many times since there was no one that they
could
a.reply
b.response
c.annoy
d.none of these
146- The rich have _______ to talk to them in their boats
a.Friends
b.Phones
c.Books
d.radios
147- Radios are to bring them the _______
a.Music
b.News
c.baseball
d.fun
148- Now is no time to think of
a.woman
b.Manoline
c.children
d.baseball
149- Everything that shows on the surface today travels
very fast and to the
a.south-east
b.north-east
c.north-west
d.west-east
150- He couldn't see the _______
a.green of shore
b.blue hills
c.water
d.fish
151- He could see the
a.mountains
b.top of blue hills
c.blue hills
d.fishes
152- The top of blue hills showed
a.blur
b.black
c.white
d.blue
153- The light made _____ in the water
a.prisms
b.reflection
c.things visible
d.refraction
154- The myriad flecks of the _____ were annulled
a.fishes
b.dolphins
c.birds
d.plankton
155- The myriad flecks of the plankton were annulled now
by the
a.high sun
b.reflection
c.flying fishes
d.none of these
156- The old man saw only _______ in the blue water
a.sharks
b.Marlin
c.deep prisms
d.bubbles
157- The fishermen called the fish of that species
a.Marlin
b.guana
c.tuna
d.mala
158- The sun was hot, the old man felt it on
a.back
b.head
c.face
d.back of his neck
159- The sweat trickle down his back as he
a.ran
b.fight
c.rowed
d.play
160- Today is _______ days and I should fish the day well
a.eighty-three
b.eighty-four
c.eighty-five
d.eighty-six
161- ________ fathoms down a marlin was eating the
sardines
a.fifty
b.hundred
c.thousand
d.none of these
162- A harder pull when a ________must have been more
difficult to break
a.sardine's back
b.sardine's body
c.tuna's body
d.sardine's head
163- He waited with the line between his
a.thumb and finger
b.hands
c.fingers
d.hooks
164- ______ knows he can’t have gone
a.god
b.old man
c.Christ
d.Manoline
165- Unrolling off the first of the ______ reserve coils
a.two
b.three
c.four
d.five
166- He has it _____ in his mouth
a.hooks
b.sardines
c.sideways
d.head
167- If you said a _____ thing it might not happen
a.worst
b.bad
c.good
d.both b and c
168- He thought of him moving away in the darkness with
the
a.sardines
b.hook
c.tuna
d.fish
169- Eat it so that the point of the hook goes into your
a.body
b.liver
c.heart
d.gills
170- Come up easy and let me put the _____ into you
a.knife
b.poison
c.bullet
d.harpoon
171- The old man couldn't raise him after gaining a _____
of line
a.foot
b.yard
c.inch
d.meter
172- It began to make a slow _____ sound in the water
a.wave
b.hissing
c.music
d.soft
173- The boat began to move slowly off towards the
a.north-west
b.north-east
c.north-south
d.south-east
174- Due to tiredness _________ appeared before his eyes
a.
sleep
b.
laziness
c.
black spot
d.
none of these
175- The old man continued handle the fish until it came
on the surface only ____ yards away from the boat
a.
ten
b.
twenty
c.
thirty
d.
forty
176- The old man hits the marlin with ______
a.
knife
b.
gun
c.
stick
d.
harpoon
177- The fish moved
a.fastly
b.quickly
c.steadily
d.slowly
178- It was ______ when I hooked him
a.morning
b.night
c.evening
d.noon
179- Tried not to think but only to
a.feel
b.understand
c.endure
d.ill
180- I can always come in on the glow from
a.Lavana
b.Guava
c.Havana
d.boat
181- I have no ______ and I feel strong
a.illness
b.weekness
c.cramps
d.problems
182- He knew the current must be carrying them to the
a.north
b.south
c.north-east
d.eastward
183- No one should be alone in their
a.happiness
b.sadness
c.illness
d.old age
184- During the night _____ porpoises came around the
boat
a.two
b.three
c.four
d.five
185- I will have lost two hundred fathoms of
a.good Catalan cardel
b.hooks
c.leaders
d.all of above
186- I'll stay with you until I am
a.weak and leaned
b.dead
c.killed
d.none of these
187- The slant of the line showed he was swimming at a
a.lesser depth
b.more depth
c.high speed
d.slow speed
188- I have enough _______ to handle him
a.space
b.force
c.line
d.strength
189- There was _____ weeds on the line
a.brown
b.orange
c.yellow
d.purple
190- A small bird came toward the skiff from the
a.south
b.north
c.east
d.west
191- It was a ______ and flying very low over the water
a.sparrow
b.parrot
c.warbler
d.war-bird
192- I will not have the failure of
a.goal
b.work
c.strength
d.task
193- It was only a _____ that had cut his flesh
a.fish bite
b.knife
c.line burn
d. line
194- They were _____ shaped strips
a.triangular
b.zig-zag
c.wedge
d.none of these
195- When he had cut the ____ strips he spread them out
on the wood of the bow
a.four
b.five
c.six
d.seven
196- Eat the _____ now
a.tuna
b.bread
c.piece of meat
d.bonito
197- Cramped hand was almost as skiff
as_______
a.rigor mortis
b.dead
c.tired
d.none of these
198- I was lucky to get him instead of
a.shark
b.fish
c.dolphin
d.snake
199- There is no sense in being anything but
a.fishermen
b.baseball player
c.illusionary
d.practical
200- I do not know whether the sun will
a.rise
b.rot
c.shine
d.both a and c
201- The fish is
a.big and powerful
b.calm
c.steady
d.both b and c
202- You can let the _____ go
a.fish
b.marlin
c.manoline
d.cord
203- God help me to have the ______ go
a.cord
b.cramp
c.pain
d.sharks
204- I must _______ to his because of his great size
a.improvise
b.prepared
c.extemporize
d.unrehearsed
205- The fight of the _______ etching themselves against
the sky over the water
a.war-birds
b.hawks
c.sharks
d.wild ducks
206- The weather of _____ months is the best of all the
year
a.hurricane
b.winter
c.autumn
d.sunny
207- If there is a _______ you always see the signs of it
in the sky for days ahead
a.cold weather
b.storm
c.hurricane
d.none of these
208- I hate _______ the old man thought
a.fighters
b.turtles
c.sharks
d.cramp
209- He thought of cramp as a___
a.diarrhea
b.malaria
c.calambre
d.rabies
210- He saw the line slanting slowly______
a.forward
b.backward
c.upward
d.downward
211- The surface of the ocean bulged ahead of the boat
and the _____ came out
a.dolphin
b.shark
c.fish
d.none of these
212- The fish came out
a.unendingly
b.quickly
c.jumping
d.fastly
213- His head and back was ______
a.red
b.purple
c.dark purple
d.pink
214- The strips on the sides of marlin showed wide and
_____
a.blue
b.purple
c.lavender
d.light lavender
215- His sword was as long as a _____
a.snake
b.baseball bat
c.Giraffe
d.camel
216- Marlin was tapered like a ______
a.rapier
b.weapon
c.brand
d.none of these
217- The old man saw the great _____ of his tail
a.knife
b.harpoon
c.scythe-blade
d.both b and c
218- He is ______ feet longer than the skiff
a.two
b.three
c.four
d.five
219- The old man caught ______ of thousand pounds size
fishes in his life
a.two
b.three
c.four
d.five
220- There are _____ things that are brothers
a.two
b.three
c.four
d.five
221- There was a small sea rising with the wind coming up
from the
a.south
b.north
c.east
d.west
222- I will say ten our father and ten ______
that I should catch this fish
a.Hail Marys
b.Gods
c.mothers
d.muses
223- I promise to make a pilgrimage to the _____ if i
catch him
a.god
b.Virgin of Cobre
c.seven muses
d.Christ
224- He commenced to say his prayers ________
a.properly
b.mechanically
c.effectively
d.none of these
225- ______ are easier to say than ‘Our Fathers’, he
thought
a.Holy Mary
b.Hail Marys
c.Christ
d.Virgin
226- Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the
fruit of
a.thy womb
b.Jesus
c.Holy Mary and the Mother of God
d.All of above
227- To whom the old man say to pray for the death of the
fish
a.Mother of God
b.Holy Mary
c.Blessed Virgin
d.none of these
228- I don't think I can get anything but a _______ here
a.shark
b.fish
c.dolphin
d.none of above
229- Flying fish is excellent to eat ______
a.reptiles
b.insects
c.raw
d.tuna
230- I told the boy I was a ______ old man
a.weak
b.strong
c.strange
d.successful
231- He never thought about ____ when he was doing it
a.failure
b.past
c.struggle
d.sharks
232- I could sleep and dream about the
_______
a.turtles
b.baseball
c.Manolin
d.lions
233- The fish swimming in the water with his ________
a.red pectoral fins
b.purple pectoral fins
c.green pectoral fins
d.all of above
234- Not in the absolute dark, but almost as a _______
sees
a.shark
b.fish
c.cat
d.turtle
235- He knew that the _____ of New York were playing the
Tigres of Detroit
a.Virgin
b.Yankees
c.Cuban
d.none of these
236- I had never a _____
a.malaria
b.fever
c.bone spur
d.none of these
237- Where did Santiago play a hand game?
a.Cienfuegos
b.Casablanca
c.Lavana
d.none of these
238- With whom he had played the hand game
a.Manoline
b.DiMaggio
c.Negro
d.Marlin
239- Negro was the strongest man on the ________
a.Wrestling
b.Cricket
c.Kungfoo
d.docks
240- The hand game had gone_______
a.two days and two nights
b.one day and one night
c.two days and one night
d.three days and three nights
241- They change the referees every _____ hours
a.two
b.three
c.four
d.five
242- The hand game started on ______ morning and ended on
______ morning
a.monday-tuesday
b.wednesday-thursday
c.saturday-sunday
d.sunday-monday
243- They had gone to work at the
a.Havana sugar company
b.Havana coal company
c.Lavana sugar company
d.Lavana coal company
244- Who won the hand game?
a.Manoline
b.Negro
c.Santiago
d.none of these
245- There had been a return match in the
a.autumn
b.winter
c.night
d.spring
246- In the turtle boats Santiago was in the cross-trees
of the
a.Banana
b.Olives
c.Mast-head
d.none of these
247- There were _____ spots on the dolphins
a.red
b.green
c.purple
d.blue
248- The dolphin looks ____
a.red
b.blue
c.white
d.green
249- They passed a great island of
a.Sargasso
b.Greenland
c.Iceland
d.none of these
250- His small line was taken by
a.sharks
b.turtles
c.sea horse
d.dolphin
251- True ____ in the last of the sun
a.sky
b.birds
c.things
d.gold
252- He pulled the _____ with his left hand
a.marlin
b.shark
c.line
d.dolphin
253- I'll lash the _____ oars
a.two
b.three
c.four
d.five
254- I have eaten the whole
a.tuna
b.fish
c.bonito
d.bread
255- He called ______ dorado
a.fish
b.shark
c.dolphin
d.turtle
256- It becomes dark quickly after the sun sets in
a.oct
b.nov
c.sep
d.dec
257- He didn't know the name of
a.Rigel
b.negro
c.shark
d.turtle
258- I am glad we do not have to try to kill the
a.moon
b.fish
c.dolphin
d.stars
259- Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the
a.moon
b.stars
c.sharks
d.turtles
260- It is enough to live on the sea and kill our
a.friends
b.turtles
c.true brothers
d.son
261- It has its ____ and its ____
a.hands and fingers
b.foot and fingers
c.hands and foots
d.perils and merits
262- Before I move back to the ____ to do the work and
make the decision
a.Lavana
b.cage
c.stern
d.market
263- The ____ are a good trick
a.oars
b.tunas
c.turtles
d.insects
264- It has reached the time to play for
a.success
b.money
c.safety
d.family
265- but with ____ lurch he could break it
a.one
b.two
c.twice
d.none of these
266- If you do not sleep you might become
a.weak
b.lazy
c.unclear in the head
d.unclear in the eyes
267- I am as clear as the
a.mirror
b.sun
c.day
d.stars
268- _____ are my brothers
a.Negros
b.stars
c.turtles
d.none of these
269- _______ sleeps on certain days when there is no
current and a flat calm
a.the sun sleep
b.the moon sleep
c.the ocean sleep
d. all of above
270- Go back and prepare the
a.food
b.fish
c.line
d.dolphin
271- It is ______ to rig the oars as a drag if you must
sleep
a.helpful
b.dangerous
c.useful
d.none of above
272- I could go without
a.eating
b.thinking
c.sleeping
d.working
273- He must pull until he
a.tried
b.weak
c.dies
d.releases
274- He pushed the blade of his knife into his
a.back
b.head
c.gills
d.none of these
275- He drew him out from under the
a.sea
b.stern
c.water
d.skiff
276- Scooping him clean and pulling the ______ clear
a.lungs
b.heart
c.gills
d.body
277- There were ____ flying fish inside
a.one
b.two
c.three
d.four
278- They
sank leaving a trail of _______ in the water
a.phosphorescence
b.gills
c.both a and b
d.none the above
279- The dolphin was ______ in the starlight
a.leprous gray-white
b.leprous gray
c.leprous white
d.leprous gray-blue
280- He slid the ______
a.line
b.skiff
c.carcass
d.boat
281- He looked to see if there was any ____ in the water
a.fish
b.shark
c.swirl
d.dolphin
282- He turned then and placed the ____ flying fish
a.one
b.two
c.three
d.four
283- He worked his way slowly back to the
a.land
b.Lavana
c.Havana
d.bow
284- His back was bent with the weight of
a.line
b.pain
c.bag
d.gun
285- Nothing the speed of a water against
a.fish
b.sharks
c.marlin
d.hand
286- Particles of ______ floated off
a.tin
b.platinum
c.phosphorous
d.sand
287- Under the stars and with the night colder all the
time he ate _____ of one of the dolphin fillets
a.half
b.one forth
c.one third
d.nothing
288- What an excellent fish ____ is to eat cooked
a.marlin
b.shark
c.tuna
d.dolphin
289- What a miserable fish
a.body
b.gills
c.raw
d.none of above
290- I will never go in a boat again without
a.salt and vinegar
b.salt and spices
c.salt and limes
d.salt and lemon
291- I would have _______ on the bow all day and drying
a.wet clothes
b.splashed water
c.meat
d.none of these
292- The splashed water would made
a.salt
b.drink
c.juice
d.none of these
293- I didn't hook the ______ until almost sunset
a.dolphin
b.fish
c.marlin
d.tuna
294- It was the lack of
a.interest
b.attention
c.preparation
d.training
295- I have chewed it all well and I am not
a.weak
b.sick
c.nauseated
d.seated
296- The sky was clouding over the
a.west
b.north
c.east
d.south
297- He were moving into a great _______
a.sea
b.storm
c.canyon of clouds
d.troma
298- The wind had
a.blowed
b.dropped
c.drops
d.blows
299- There will be a bad weather in
a.two or three days
b.three or four days
c.tonight
d.tomorrow
300- Rig now to get some
a.rest
b.sleep
c.food