By the Numbers
Setting
Character
Author
Miscellaneous
100
Number of days since Santiago caught a fish.
What is 84
100
Country Santiago sails from.
What is Cuba
100
Name of the Old Man
What is Santiago
100
Name of the author
What is Ernest Hemingway
100
The hand that cramps
What is the left one
200
Days spent at sea while catching the fish
What is 3-4
200
Body of water Santiago fishes in.
What is Gulf of Mexico.
200
Name of the boy.
What is Manolin
200
One of two major awards the author won for his writing.
What is Nobel or Pulitzer
200
The significance of the name "Santiago"
What is "St. James" who was a fisherman
300
The length of time the "hand game" with the man from Cienfuegos lasts.
What is 24 hours
300
Type of house Santiago lives in.
What is a shack
300
Type of fish the old man catches
What is a marlin
300
The author's father's profession
What is physician/doctor
300
Significance of the name "Manolin"
What is it can mean handy - Manolin is Santiago's "right hand man"
400
Length of the fish in feet.
What is 18
400
Month in which the story takes place.
What is September
400
Name of the old man's baseball hero.
What is Joe DiMaggio
400
The way in which the author met his death
What is committed suicide
400
Santiago believe a man can be destroyed but not this.
What is defeated
500
Weight of the fish in pounds.
What is at least 1500
500
Name of the restaurant Manolin and Santiago go to.
What is The Terrace
500
Name of the restaurant owner
What is Martin
500
Number of wives the author had.
What is 4
500
Santiago's "principal friends" on the ocean
What is flying fish
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