who is the baseball manager who used to visit the restaurant?
John J. McGraw/ Leo Durocher
what is the boy's name?
Manolin
who was the man who the old man beat while arm-wrestling?
Negro from Cienfuegos
who is the man who works at the bodega and gave the old man a paper?
Pedrico
What is the name they called the old man after he won at arm-wrestling?
El Campeon
Who is the old man's baseball hero?
Joe DiMaggio
what is the old man's real name?
Santiago
who is the owner of the Terrace who gave the old man dinner?
Martin
what are the pictures the old man has hanging in his hut?
sacred heart of Jesus and the virgin of Cobre
what does the old man call the jellyfish?
Agua Mala
How long has the old man gone without catching a fish?
84 days
How long did the old man go once before without catching a fish?
87 days
What is the name of the local restaurant and bar?
The Terrace
what does the old man eat for dinner?
rice, beans, stew, and fried bananas
who are the people who think the skeleton is a shark?
two tourists
what do the old man and the boy pretend he has even though he sold it?
Cast net
what does the old man pretend he has for dinner?
yellow rice with fish
what is left of the Great Fish at the end?
the skeleton
what does the old man dream about?
Africa and lions on the beach
when does the story take place?
1948
where did the old man fish as a boy?
Africa
where does the story take place?
Cuba
What does Salao mean?
unlucky
what are Bonito, yellowtail, blue fin, and albacore?
Tuna
What is the Portugese Man O' War
the jellyfish
what sits on the old man's fishing line?
a warbler
what type of shark attacks the man's boat?
Mako and Shovelnose
what does the old man call ''Agua Mala?''
the jellyfish
What does the old man call ''Dentuso''?
Mako shark
what does the old man call ''Galanos''?
Shovelnose shark
what is the big fish?
the Marlin
what does the old man find inside a dolphin?
2 flying fish
how does the old man know where to find fish?
stars, past experiences
What makes fishermen go blind?
turtling
what do the old man and the boy like for entertainment?
baseball
what does the boy buy the old man to eat or drink?
beer, coffee
what does the boy buy the old man to help him fish?
sardines and bait fish
what is patched with flour sacks and looks like a flag of permanent defeat?
sail and his shirt
who is the old man's brother?
Marlin
what does the old man drink on the morning he catches the great fish?
water, coffee, shark liver oil
who makes fun of the old man?
Young Fishermen
Who doesn't make fun of the old man?
Old Fishermen
what weapons does the old man use against the sharks?
What happens to them?
harpoon: a Mako carried it away
knife at the end of an oar: broke off in a shark's brain
oar as a club:
part of a timber:
what does the old man have only one extra?
Shirt
what does the old man use as a pillow
pants wrapped around a newspaper