WorksheetsThe Seventh Man Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In “The Seventh Man,” which statement best summarizes what happens in the weeks following K.’s death?
He falls ill and has nightmares.
He starts attending a different school.
He spends hours studying K.’s artwork.
He moves to Nagano.
Which excerpt from “The Seventh Man” best explains why the seventh man felt responsible for K.’s death?
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 had been my own little brother.
He might have been so absorbed in whatever it was he had found that my call made no impression on him.
I probably could have run over and dragged him out of the reach of the wave...
In “The Seventh Man,” why does the seventh man’s view of the past begin to change?
Studying K.’s art, he sees K. was gentle and realizes that his last look was not one of hatred.
Studying K.’s art, he realizes that K. was gentle and did not mind dying in the wave.
After his father dies, he returns home and realizes that he did not need to move to Nagano.
After his father dies, he realizes that it was the second wave, not the first, that killed K.
Which is the most likely reaction a person might have to a desperate situation?
a desire for sleep
a feeling of panic
a feeling of boredom
a desire to learn
How many years was the narrator away from his home?
25 years
30 years
40 years
50 years
Why didn't the seventh man get married?
He didn't want the responsibility of caring for someone else again.
He could never find anybody to understand his pain.
He didn't want children
He didn't want to wake his wife with his screams because of his nightmares
When the narrator 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 the narrator’s comment most clearly imply? To help you choose your answer, consider the events of the story.
He believes that he has succeeded despite not knowing what will happen to others.
He believes that in life, every individual must confront fear in some form or another.
He believes that his life was changed by a disaster in a way that others cannot understand.
He believes that in life, everyone will face the risk of a giant wave caused by a storm.
In which circumstances is a person most likely to be entranced?
when watching a beautiful sunset
when looking for a lost wallet
when saying goodbye to good friends
when hearing a window break in a storm
How many years older was the narrator’s brother than him?
5 years older
3 years older
6 years older
10 years older
How does the seventh man describes K?
as a quiet, shy kid
as an unintelligible, yet caring boy
as a sweet, pure-hearted boy
as a smart, creative boy
