Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?
1995

1980

1969

1972
2 The novel takes place in ___.
The US

Canada

France

Britain
3 We do not know the narrator's ___.
appearance

age

name

all of these
4 The narrator is a/an ___.
illustrator

fine artist

author

poet
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?
Paul

The narrator's father

Joe

David
6 Who is still alive in the narrator's family?
Her brother

Her father

Her mother

No one
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?
Nine months

Two months

Five months

Two years
8 What is "Random Samples?"
Anna's paperback

The book the narrator is illustrating

David and Joe's film

A poem David wrote
9 What was going on during the narrator's childhood?
Iraq War

WWI

Vietnam War

WWII
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?
Vegetables

Newspapers

Bread

Gossip
11 Her mother's diary was filled with ___.
factual information

philosophical musings

emotional interludes

drawings
12 At the beginning of the novel, the narrator seems to have ___.
a child only

a husband and child

a husband from whom she is separated

a husband with whom she is together
13 When she returns to the village, she thinks ___.
it seems hostile

it seems like it has changed

it has not changed at all

she never wants to leave again
14 What does David want to do on this trip?
Hike

Rock climb

Fish

Birdwatch
15 What of her mother's is still in the house?
A leather jacket

A notebook

A shawl

A necklace
16 What kind of book is NOT in the cabin?
Classics

Old paperbacks

Scottish poetry

Bibles
17 How long have David and Anna been married?
5 years

9 years

10 years

1 year
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?
She loves him.

She likes him enough.

She detests him.

She is afraid of him.
19 What were the pictures she'd drawn in her room of?
Glamorous women

Trees

Animals

Explosions
20 Her father can best be described as ___.
creative

spiritual

logical

witty
21 Her father hated ___.
nature

Christianity

women

art
22 Her mother loved what creature?
The herons

The jays

The crows

The loons
23 What does Anna say she has to do for David?
Wear makeup

Be sexual

Be thin

Dress nicely
24 What is the narrator illustrating?
Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Quebec Folk Tales

Greek myths

Grimms Fairy Tales
25 As a child, she wanted to go to ___.
the city

a museum

the United States

Sunday School

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