The Seventh Man

If someone is desperate to do something, what does that most likely mean?

• They are bored

• They are panicking

• They are sad

• They are thinking

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does it mean when someone is entranced by something?

• They are looking for something to do

• They are talking to someone nearby

• They are trying to figure out how to stop something

• They are in a state of wonder and amazement

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If someone hallucinates, they are most likely...

• Seeing something that isn't actually there

• Trying to find someone to help them

• Going into a deep thought

• Amazed by something

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

What does it mean when someone has a premonition?

• They are recalling a past experience they had

• They have a feeling something bad will happen

• They are experiencing déjà vu

• They are sensing change happening in their life

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When someone finds something profound, they find it...

• deeply meaningful

• confusing and hard to understand

• unimportant

• amusing

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"As James gazed at the sunset, he entered a meditative state, lost in deep thought."

What does it mean for James to be in a meditative state?

• He is engaging in exercise

• He is given to extended thought

• He is distracted by the sunset

• He is socializing with others

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The definition of alter is "change or cause to change"

Based off your knowledge of the suffix -tion, what does alteration mean?

• The state of something not changing

• The state of being changed

• The process of eliminating something

• The condition of staying the same

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

What statement best summarizes what happens to the seventh man after K's death?

• He studies K's artwork nonstop

• He suffers from PTSD

• He moves on from the situation

• He starts attending a new school

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are some symptoms the seventh man experiences? (List at least two)

Answer explanation

Some of the symptoms he experiences are nightmares, phobias (fear of water), hallucinations, and panic attacks.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What excerpt from the story bests explains why the seventh man feels responsible for K's death?

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

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

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

• "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