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The Seventh Man

Quiz by Miriam Hourani

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  • Q1
    In "The Seventh Man", which statement best summarizes what happens in the weeks following K's death?
    He starts attending a different school.
    He falls ill and has nightmares
    He spends hours studying K's artwork.
    He moves to Nagano
    120s
  • Q2
    Which excerpt from the story best explains why the seventh man felt responsible for K's death?
    I probably could have run over and dragged him out of reach of the wave...
    Or possibly I had not yelled as loudly as I had thought. I do recall that my voice sounded strange to me...
    I had always loved and protected K as if he has been my own little brother.
    He might have been so absorbed in whatever it was has had found that my call made no impression on him.
    120s
  • Q3
    In "The Seventh Man," why does the seventh man's view of the past begin to change?
    After his father dies, he realizes that it was the second, not the first wave, that killed K.
    After his father dies, he returns home and realizes that he did not need to move to Nagano.
    Studying K's art, he realizes that K was gentle and did not mind dying in the wave.
    Studying K's art, he sees K was gentle and realizes that his last look was not one of hatred.
    120s
  • Q4
    What is the most important discovery the seventh man makes when he returns back home?
    He learns that his father has died of cancer.
    He sees that the town remains the same as when he was a boy.
    He realizes that K has an artistic and gentle soul.
    He realizes that the dark shadow of K's death has left him.
    120s
  • Q5
    What does the giant wave most clearly represent to the narrator?
    It represents nature, which is both beautiful and awe-inspiring.
    It represents our fears, which hurt us if we turn away from them.
    It represents art, which can capture the spirit of nature.
    It represents death, which causes hate among people.
    120s
  • Q6
    When the narrator begins to tell his story he says, “In my case, it was a wave,” he said. “There’s no way for me to tell, of course, what it will be for each of you. But in my case it just happened to take the form of a gigantic wave. It presented itself to me all of a sudden one day, without warning. And it was devastating.” What does the narrator's comment most clearly imply? To help you choose your answer, consider the events of the story.
    He believes that in life, every individual must confront fear in some form or another.
    He believes that in life, everyone will face the risk of fa giant wave caused by a storm.
    He believes that he has succeeded despite not knowing what will happen to others.
    He believes that his life was changed by a disaster in a way others would not understand.
    120s
  • Q7
    Which part of this excerpt: “In my case, it was a wave,” he said. “There’s no way for me to tell, of course, what it will be for each of you. But in my case it just happened to take the form of a gigantic wave. It presented itself to me all of a sudden one day, without warning. And it was devastating." supports your understanding of what he implies by he meaning behind this.
    "There is no way for me to tell...what it will be for each of you"
    "And it was devastating."
    "It presented itself to me all of a sudden one day without waring."
    "... it just happened to take the form of a wave."
    120s
  • Q8
    At the end of the story, the narrator says that if we "turn our backs on fear, we take the most precious thing inside us and surrender it to something else." What does he most likely mean by the following statement?
    If we avoid our fear, then we give fear power over ourselves and lose our freedom.
    If we do not respect our fear, then others will surrender their respect for us.
    If we avoid our fear, we will lose our lives to a natural force such as a storm.
    If we do not respect our fear, then we will need to surrender to our enemies.
    120s
  • Q9
    How does the narrartor illustrate this statement : "turn our backs on fear, we take the most precious thing inside us and surrender it to something else."
    The seventh man is afraid his brother no longer respects him.
    K dies because he is too afraid to move out of the way of the wave.
    If K had respected his fear, he would have known that the wave was bearing down.
    fear of the wave makes the seventh man run away instead of saving his friend.
    120s
  • Q10
    Why were the boys on the beach during a storm?
    They wanted to walk the dog.
    The storm was over.
    It was the eye of the storm
    They wanted to gather the ruins from the storm.
    120s

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