The Seventh Man Review

Which is the most likely reaction a person might have to a desperate situation?

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  a feeling of boredom

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  a desire to learn

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  a desire for sleep

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  a feeling of panic

Under which circumstance is a person most likely to be entranced?

• when looking for a lost wallet

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  when watching a beautiful sunset

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  when hearing a window break in a storm

• when saying goodbye to old friends

Based on your knowledge of the Latin suffix -tion, choose the best definition for the word elation.

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  to cause someone to be elated; to cause great joy

• the state of being elated; a feeling of great joy

• the state of not being elated; a feeling of great sadness

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  to cause someone not to be elated; to deprive of joy

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

The word evacuation is formed by adding the Latin suffix -tion to evacuate. Based on what you know about the suffix -tion, which answer best shows the meanings of evacuation and evacuate?

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  evacuate: “to empty out” / evacuation: “the act of emptying out"

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  evacuate: “the act of emptying out” / evacuation: “to empty out"

  
  

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  evacuate: “being empty” / evacuation: “the act of emptying out"

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which statement best summarizes what happens to the seventh man in the weeks following K.’s death?

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  He moves to Nagano.

• He starts attending a different school.

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  He suffers illness and nightmares.

• He spends hours studying K.’s artwork.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which excerpt from “The Seventh Man” best explains why the seventh man feels responsible for K.’s death?

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  "I decided that K. might have been so absorbed in whatever it was he had found that my call made no impression on him."

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  "I had always loved and protected K. as if he had been my own little brother."

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  "I probably could have run over and dragged him out of the reach of the wave."

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  "I stood there, wondering what to do. Should I go down to the beach?"

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In “The Seventh Man,” why does the seventh man’s view of the past begin to change?

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  After his father dies, he returns home and realizes that he did not need to move to Nagano.

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  Studying K.’s art, he remembers that K. was gentle and realizes that his last look was not one of hatred.

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  Studying K.’s art, he realizes that K. would not have minded dying in the wave.

• After his father dies, he realizes that it was the second wave, not the first, that killed K.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In “The Seventh Man,” what is the most important discovery the seventh man makes when he returns to his hometown?

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  He learns that his father has died of cancer.

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  He realizes that the dark shadow of K’.s death has left him.

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  He discovers that K. was a gentle and artistic soul.

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  He sees that the town remains the same as when he was a boy.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Part A: What does the giant wave most clearly represent to the seventh man?

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  It represents nature, which is both beautiful and awe-inspiring.

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  It represents death, which causes hatred among people.

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  It represents fears, which keep people from doing what they should.

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  It represents art, which can capture the spirit of nature.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Part B: Which passage from the text most clearly supports the answer to Part A? 

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  "In the tip of the [second] wave, as if enclosed in some kind of transparent capsule, floated K.’s body, reclining on its side. But that’s not all. K. was looking straight at me, smiling."

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  "But it was too late. A wave like a huge snake with its head held high, poised to strike, was racing toward the shore. I had never seen anything like it before."

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  "I knew that the wave was coming, and K. didn’t know. As clearly as I knew what I ought to be doing, I found myself running the other way. . . . What made me do this, I’m sure, was fear."

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9