Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?
1995

1969

1972

1980
2 The novel takes place in ___.
France

Canada

The US

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

age

name

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

author

illustrator

fine artist
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 years

Five months

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

A poem David wrote

The book the narrator is illustrating

David and Joe's film
9 What was going on during the narrator's childhood?
Iraq War

WWII

WWI

Vietnam War
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?
Bread

Gossip

Vegetables

Newspapers
11 Her mother's diary was filled with ___.
drawings

emotional interludes

factual information

philosophical musings
12 At the beginning of the novel, the narrator seems to have ___.
a husband from whom she is separated

a husband and child

a husband with whom she is together

a child only
13 When she returns to the village, she thinks ___.
it has not changed at all

she never wants to leave again

it seems hostile

it seems like it has changed
14 What does David want to do on this trip?
Rock climb

Fish

Hike

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

A notebook

A shawl

A leather jacket
16 What kind of book is NOT in the cabin?
Bibles

Classics

Scottish poetry

Old paperbacks
17 How long have David and Anna been married?
1 year

10 years

9 years

5 years
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?
Explosions

Trees

Glamorous women

Animals
20 Her father can best be described as ___.
witty

logical

spiritual

creative
21 Her father hated ___.
women

nature

art

Christianity
22 Her mother loved what creature?
The herons

The crows

The jays

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

Be thin

Dress nicely

Be sexual
24 What is the narrator illustrating?
Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Quebec Folk Tales

Grimms Fairy Tales

Greek myths
25 As a child, she wanted to go to ___.
the city

the United States

Sunday School

a museum

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