The Old Man and the Sea Chapter 1

Who is Manolin?

• A fish

• Santiago's wife

• The little boy

• A potato

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is Santiago?

• A fish

• Santiago's wife

• The little boy

• The old man

Where does Santiago live?

• In Cuba, sometime in the middle of the 1900s

• In Cuba, in 2020

• In Spain, in the 1930s

• In space, the year 7859

Why does Santiago keep trying to catch this fish, even though all the villagers think he never will?

• Because he is hungry.

• Because the fish insulted his mom once.

• Because the fish symbolizes his determination and his indomitable will, and his desire to prove to himself once and for all that he can overcome life's obstacles.

• Because my teacher said that's what he wants.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does Manolin admire the old man?

• Because he needs better friends.

• Because the old man is brave and wise, and never gives up.

• Because they both like baseball.

• Because he also has beef with that fish.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is a skiff?

• A type of small boat that Santiago uses to catch fish with.

• A type of small knife.

• A kind of cookie from Cuba.

• A type of dance that Santiago used to do with his wife.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does Santiago (the old man) dream about? What do these objects mean?

• Stew and rice and black beans. They symbolize his hunger for knowledge.

• His wife. She symbolizes his loneliness.

• Lions on the beach in Africa. They symbolize his desire to be like a lion: proud, brave, free, and strong.

• Baseball. Baseball symbolizes his desire to be young and carefree again.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.W.8.9A

Why doesn't the old man have any food in his house, except for food that his landlord gave him?

• Because he's a robot who doesn't eat food.

• Because a hurricane wrecked his house.

• Because he is too sad to eat, due to his struggles with not being able to catch fish.

• Because the only food he really wants/cares about are the fish he catches himself.