The Seventh Man

1. 1. In “The Seventh Man,” which statement best summarizes what happens to the seventh man in the weeks following K.’s death?

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    A.

    He falls ill and has nightmares.

• B.

  • He moves to Nagano.

• • C.

    He starts attending a different school.

• • D.

    He spends hours studying K.’s artwork.

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2. 2. Which best describes the seventh man’s reaction to K.’s death in “The Seventh Man”?

• A.

  • He feels hurt because he thinks K. blamed him for K.’s death.

• B.

  • He feels hurt because K.’s death has left him without a friend

• • C.

    He feels responsible for K.’s death because he lied to K. about the storm.

• • D.

    He feels responsible for K.’s death because he thinks he could have saved K.

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

• • A.

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

• • B.

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

• • C.

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

• • D.

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

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

• • A.

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

• • B.

    He learns that his father has died of cancer.

• • C.

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

• D.

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

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

• • A.

    a feeling of boredom

• B.

  • a desire for sleep

• • C.

    a feeling of panic

• • D.

    a desire to learn

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6. In which circumstances is a person most likely to be entranced?

• A.

  when watching a beautiful sunset

• • B.

    when hearing a window break in a storm

• • C.

    when looking for a lost wallet

• • D.

    when saying goodbye to old friends

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7. If a person experiences profound sorrow, which of the following must be true?

• • A.

    The person’s feeling of sorrow will last briefly.

• • B.

    The person’s feeling of sorrow is deep and intense.

• • C.

    The person appears to feel sorrow but does not really.

• • D.

    The person thinks long and hard about his or her feelings.

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8. What does the giant wave most clearly represent to the seventh man?

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    A.

    It represents death, which causes hatred among people.

• • B.

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

• • C.

    It represents our fears, which keep us from doing what we should.

• • D.

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

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9. Which passage from the text most clearly supports what the giant wave most clearly represent to the seventh man?

• • A.

    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.

• • B.

    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.

• • C.

    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.

• • D.

    Most of [K.’s pictures] were landscapes, pictures of the familiar stretch of ocean and sand beach and pine woods and the town, and all done with that special clarity and coloration I knew so well from K.’s hand.

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10. When the seventh man begins to tell his story, he introduces it in this way:
“In my case, it was a wave,” he said. “There is 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 this excerpt most clearly imply? To help you choose your answer, consider the events of the story.

• A.

  • He believes that in life, every individual must confront fear in some form or another.

• • B.

    He believes that his life was changed by a disaster in a way that others cannot understand.

• • C.

    He believes that he has succeeded despite not knowing what will happen to others.

• • D.

    He believes that in life, everyone will face the risk of a giant wave caused by a storm.

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