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Poetry
The Old Man
The Boy & the Sea
Grammar
100
He was our country's first international literary celebrity.
Who is Washington Irving?
100
What is the waterfowl doing in "To a Waterfowl"?
What is migrating north for the summer?
100
How long has is been since Santiago caught a fish?
What is eighty-four days?
100
Describe why Manolin is so fond of Santiago.
What is he taught him to fish.
100
Just before the game, the director told the band that (his or her, their) uniforms would arrive next week.
What is their?
200
He was the first American poet to be in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner.
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
200
Who or what casts a halo in "The Cross of Snow"?
What is a portrait?
200
Name the one thing that is not old on Santiago.
What are his eyes?
200
Where do Manolin and Santiago live?
What is Havana, Cuba?
200
Keith lowered the binoculars and handed (them, it) to me.
What is them?
300
He was considered a child prodigy. He started writing poetry at the age of nine.
Who is William Cullen Bryant?
300
Who is the "frail tenant" in "The Chambered Nautilus"?
What is a mollusk?
300
The lion's in Santiago's dreams represent three things.
What are youth, strength, and bravery?
300
Name the creature the tourist mistake the skeleton for.
What is a shark.
300
When Suzanne and Anita arrive, would you please help (her, them) find some good seats?
What is them?
400
He was born poor and had very little formal education.
Who is John Greenleaf Whittier?
400
Name two things a rope is used for in "The Ropewalk"?
What is a swing, a trapeze, a kite, a boat, a gallows, a snare?
400
Why does Santiago like DiMaggio?
What is he has struggles too.
400
What meal is eaten at sea?
What is dolphin?
400
How (do, does) the wolf get his bad reputation?
What is does?
500
He is a poet but decided he made a better physician.
Who is Oliver Wendell Holmes?
500
Who shall be as one in the poem "Thantopsis"?
What are kings and peasants?
500
Describe the technique Santiago used to begin to bring in the big fish.
What is he carefully works the line between his thumb and fingers.
500
Name what Manolin gives the old man before he goes out to sea.
What is two sardines for bait.
500
Cavities (is, are) one result of not brushing your teeth often enough.
What is are?