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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements represents a theme of "The Seventh Man"?
If someone is a good friend, he/she will sacrifice him/herself for that friend.
Fear should be avoided at all costs.
Self-forgiveness is important for overcoming survivor guilt.
Death is not something of which to be afraid.
- 2. Multiple Choice
At the beginning of the story, the seventh man says:
"In my case, it was a wave...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" (8).
What does the wave represent in the story?
hate
sadness
fear
risk
- 3. Multiple Choice
To whom does the Seventh Man tell his story?
a class of elementary school students
his close friends
the jury
a group of strangers
- 4. Multiple Choice
From what point-of-view is the frame narrative in "The Seventh Man" told?
Third person from the perspective of an unknown narrator
First person from the perspective of an unknown narrator
Third person from the Seventh Man's perspective
First person from the Seventh Man's perspective
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following clues show readers that the author is shifting from a frame story to the interior story?
change in point of view
change in tense
change in character's age
all of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
When does the Seventh Man's story take place?
In the past
In the present
In the future
All of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
When a narrator recalls an event that occurred in the past, this is known as _.
foreshadowing
a flashback
the climax
the conflict
- 8. Multiple Choice
What effect does the Seventh Man's first-person narration have on the story?
His account of what happened to K. is objective.
Readers don't know why the Seventh Man ran and left K. behind.
The reader experiences the Seventh Man's profound fear and guilt.
The reader feels sorry for K. and judges the Seventh Man for his actions.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following BEST describes the mood change between the beginning of the story and the end as demonstrated by the following details?
"The small group that huddled in a circle could hear the wind tearing through the darkness outside, heading west" (2).
"Outside, the wind had fallen, and nothing stirred" (64).
violent to tense
ominous to peaceful
meditative to profound
angry to joyful
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the tragedy that forever changes the Seventh Man's life?
His childhood home is destroyed by a typhoon and he loses his family
He gets caught in a wave and gets extremely sick
He moves away from home and becomes depressed
His childhood friend is swept away by a wave
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who was the Seventh Man's best childhood friend?
Takahi
M
K
Suhu
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following detail(s) about K. is true? Select all that apply.
K. was a gifted artist.
K. was frail and skinny.
K. was a bully.
K. had a speech impediment.
K. excelled academically.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why do the boys go out on the beach during the typhoon?
The storm was over
They wanted to play in the rain
They were trying to catch the dog who ran away
It was the eye of the storm
- 14. Multiple Choice
How does the narrator react to the coming of the first wave?
He runs away in fear.
He dives in to save K.'s little dog.
He faints.
He grabs K. and rushes him to safety.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why doesn't K. hear the wave or the Seventh Man yelling for him?
He is slightly deaf.
He is too far away.
He is wearing headphones.
He is engrossed in something on the beach.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why does the Seventh Man hesitate to go back out on the beach following the first wave?
fear
desperation
experience
selfishness
- 17. Multiple Choice
What does the seventh man see inside the second wave?
debris from the beach
a vision of his father warning him
K. with a cruel, grotesque smile
nothing
- 18. Multiple Choice
When the Seventh Man sees K. in the second wave, he is _.
desperate
meditative
profound
entranced
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which detail(s) from the story suggest that the Seventh Man's vision of K. in the wave is likely a hallucination?
K.'s face is distorted.
K. was a gentle soul.
The Seventh Man acknowledges later that what he saw may have been a reflection of his own fear.
All of the above.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Why does the narrator feel so much guilt about what happened on the beach?
He was K.'s protector and failed to try to save him.
He tries to join K. in the second wave but was unsuccessful.
He felt like it should have been him instead of K.
He felt like it was his fault for going to the beach.
- 21. Multiple Choice
How do K's parents react to the wave taking away their son (and dog)?
They get angry and blame the narrator.
They are heartbroken and move away to avoid painful memories.
They are heartbroken and search for their son on the beach still.
They become afraid of the water and hardly leave the house.
- 22. 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
- 23. Multiple Choice
What finally changes the Seventh Man's perspective of K.'s death and prompts him to return to the beach after 40 years?
His father dies of cancer and left him their family home
His brother sends him a box full of K's paintings, and in looking at them, he realizes that K. would not have blamed him.
His nightmares get worse and he has to go back to face them.
His job transfers him to that area.
- 24. Multiple Choice
When the Seventh Man receives K.'s watercolors from his brother and looks at them, he has a(n) _.
epiphany that he can forgive himself
nervous breakdown that lands him in the hospital
resurgence of his old nightmares
renewed feelings of regret
- 25. Multiple Choice
How do readers know that the narrator has overcome his fear and guilt?
He walks into the water.
He writes about it in his memoir.
He paints pictures of the sea.
He publishes K.'s pictures.
- 26. Multiple Choice
What does the narrator think is more frightening than fear itself?
Succumbing to fear
Facing fear
The ocean
Ghosts of the past
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which techniques below does the author use to create suspense in the story? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.
foreshadowing
point-of-view
theme
dashes
mood
- 28. Multiple Choice
What is the inciting incident (introduction of the conflict) of the story?
When the Seventh Man's father allows him to go outside during the eye of the storm
When K. follows the Seventh Man down to the beach
When K. is swallowed by a wave and the Seventh Man imagines he sees him in a subsequent wave
When the Seventh Man returns to his hometown and goes in the water
- 29. Multiple Choice
What is the turning point (climax) of the story?
When the Seventh Man's father allows him to go outside during the eye of the storm
When K. follows the Seventh Man down to the beach
When K. is swallowed by a wave and the Seventh Man imagines he sees him in a subsequent wave
When the Seventh Man returns to his hometown and goes in the water
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are examples of foreshadowing in the text? Select all that apply.
The Seventh Man's description of the power of the storm
K.'s hesitancy to follow the Seventh Man to the beach
The Seventh Man's father's warning not to leave the house.
The Seventh Man's observation of the unusual look of the beach
The Seventh Man's warning to K. not to go too close to the water
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