1. What is left of the great fish when Santiago arrives?

2. What does Manolin promise?

3. Why do the fishermen measure the skeleton?

4. What does Santiago teach the boy in Chapter 9?

5. What do the lions in the dream symbolise?

6. How does the novel end?

7. Which word best describes Manolin?

8. What is the main theme of the whole novel?

9. Explain in 70-90 words why the novel ends with hope even though Santiago lost the big fish.

10. Compare Santiago in Chapter 1 and in Chapter 12 in 70-90 words.