The Seventh Man, Exercises of Literature

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TheSeventhManTargetedPassageQuestions.notebook
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February08,2015
THESEVENTHMAN:
TARGETEDPASSAGEQUESTIONS
PAGE334(lines122):
1) Whoistellingthestory?Whatisthe
significanceofthegroupofpeoplearoundhim?
2) Whatdetailshaveyoulearnedthattellwhat
mighthavehappenedtohim?
3) Whydoyouthinkthemanis"almost
whispering"?
4)Listthreedetailsoftheauthor's
characterizationoftheseventhman.
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THE SEVENTH MAN:

TARGETED PASSAGE QUESTIONS

PAGE 334 (lines 122):

1) Who is telling the story? What is the

significance of the group of people around him?

2) What details have you learned that tell what

might have happened to him?

3) Why do you think the man is "almost

whispering"?

4) List three details of the author's

characterization of the seventh man.

THE SEVENTH MAN: TARGETED PASSAGE QUESTIONS PAGE 334 (lines 122):

  1. Who is telling the story? What is the significance of the group of people around him? 7th man; therapy group for tragedy
  2. What details have you learned that tell what might have happened to him? gigantic wave took years to recover from the experience deep scar by right eye
  3. Why do you think the man is "almost whispering"? when people reflect, especially on traumatic events and especially in front of strangers, they usually do so introspectively not in a loud, boisterous voice
  4. List three details of the author's characterization of the seventh man. midfifties thin, tall, with a moustache scar next to right eye patches of white hair confused expression blue shirt / grey coat mannerism "hand to collar"

THE SEVENTH MAN: TARGETED PASSAGE QUESTIONS PAGE 336 (lines 5671):

  1. What details suggest that the typhoon will be extremely dangerous? radio said it was going to be the worst in 10 yrs schools shut down shops lowered shutters
  2. How does the narrator's family prepare for the storm? nailed shut storm doors cooked emergency food filled bottles with water packed knapsacks 3)Why would kids find typhoons a "wonderful source of excitement" (line 65)? small kids find it exciting when something happens that is out of the ordinary especially something "adventurous" h

PAGE 339 (lines 140163):

1) What started to scare the narrator on the

beach?

2) What are two possible reasons as to why K did

not respond to the narrator's shout?

3) What two sounds does the narrator hear that

are unnerving?

THE SEVENTH MAN:

TARGETED PASSAGE QUESTIONS

PAGE 342 (lines 207217):

  1. Why do you think the narrator did not run from the second wave?
  2. How do you picture the second wave, based on the man's description?
  3. What does "I readied myself for the moment the darkness would take me" (line 213) mean? PAGE 345 (lines 346373):
  4. What does the narrator realize about K's "intense look of hatred"? How does he come to this realization?
  5. Where does the narrator decide to go? Why might he want to go there? What does he find when he arrives? h

THE SEVENTH MAN:

TARGETED PASSAGE QUESTIONS

PAGE 347 (lines 399414):

  1. What does "Forty long years collapsed like a dilapidated house" (line 403) mean?
  2. Why did the man collapse in the water?
  3. Has the man really recovered from K's death? Cite evidence.
  4. Why do you think the author chooses to identify the narrator simply as "the seventh man," rather than name him? h