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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the man's best childhood friend?
Takahi
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K
Suhu
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the tragedy that forever changed this man's life?His childhood home is destroyed by a typhoon and he loses his familyHe gets caught in a wave and gets extremely sickHe moves away from home and becomes depressedHis childhood friend is swept away by a wave - 3. Multiple ChoiceK had a special talent forpaintingmusicbuildingswimming
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhy were the boys out on the beach during a storm?The storm was overThey wanted to play in the rainThey were trying to catch the dog who ran awayIt was the eye of the storm
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHow did the narrator react to the second wave?Stood frozen and let it take him tooStood frozen and saw his friend inside the waveRan back to the house cryingDove into the wave to save his friend
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow does the seventh man try to get rid of his memories and nightmares of K's death?He gets drunk and tries to forgetHe holds a ceremony for himHe throws away all K's picturesHe moves away from the beach
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat finally made the seventh man return back to the beach after 40 years?His father died of cancer and left him their family homeHis brother sent him a box full of K's paintingsHis nightmares got worse and he had to go backHis job transferred him to that area
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is an example of a metaphor from the story?"It looked like part of a gigantic rug had been yanked by someone at the other end of the earth.""I remember hearing my heart pound with incredible clarity.""‘It was the biggest wave I had ever seen in my life,’ he said. ‘A strange wave. An absolute giant.’""From far above my head it bgan to fall, losing its shape, like a brick wall slowly crumbling."
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHow do K's parents react to the wave taking away their son (and dog)?They get angry and blame the narratorThey are heartbroken and lock themselves in their house constantlyThey are heartbroken and search for their son on the beach stillThey get angry and move away from the ocean
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe entire story of The Seventh Man is told largely throughsign languageflashbacks
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the main difference between the frame story and interior story in "The Seventh Man"?
The frame story is told in the third person, and the interior story is told in the first person.
The frame story is told in the first person, and the interior story is told in the third person.
The frame story is set in the past, and the interior story is set in the present.
The frame story is set in the future world, and the interior story is set in the present.
- 12. Multiple Choice
In "The Seventh Man," which statement BEST summarizes what happens in the weeks following K.'s death?
He falls ill and has nightmares
He moves away from home
He attends a different school
He spends hours studying K's artwork
- 13. Multiple Choice
What does the seventh man see inside the second wave?
his own reflection of fear
a vision of his father warning him
K. smiling
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHow does the narrator get dubbed the seventh man?He is the seventh person in an all male Japanese music groupHe is the seventh person in a support group meetingHe is the seventh person to tell his story in story timeHe is the seventh person to have tragedy strike from the wave
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe wave swallowing K is an example ofSimileMetaphorPersonificationScience Fiction
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat effect does it have to include the following simile: "A wave like a huge snake with its head held high, poised to strike, was racing toward the shore."Readers get the image of the wave looking like a snake and can picture the scene betterComparing the wave to a snake makes it seem more dangerousWe learn that there is a snake hiding inside the wave waiting to bite themIt adds extra words that we have to read
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the narrator's reaction to the first wave coming in suddenly?Ran away shouting for K to follow himRan away and didn't look backTried to pull K out of the wayStood there frozen and waiting
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhy does the narrator feel so much guilt about what happened on the shore?He felt like he could have saved KHe felt like he should have joined KHe felt like it should have been him instead of KHe felt like it was his fault for going to the beach
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the narrator think is more frightening than fear itself?Succumbing to the fearFear itselfThe oceanSpiders
- 20. Multiple ChoiceHow does the narrator finally let go of the darkness, guilt, and pain from K's death?By finally facing his fear and revisiting the location of the tragedyBy studying K's paintings and remembering his friend's innocent nature
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