Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1995

1980

1972

1969
2 The novel takes place in ___.

Canada

Britain

The US

France
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

Joe

The narrator's father

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

Her brother

Her mother

Her father

No one
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Five months

Two months

Nine months

Two years
8 What is "Random Samples?"

David and Joe's film

Anna's paperback

The book the narrator is illustrating

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

WWII

WWI

Iraq War

Vietnam War
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Bread

Gossip

Newspapers

Vegetables
11 Her mother's diary was filled with ___.

drawings

factual information

emotional interludes

philosophical musings
12 At the beginning of the novel, the narrator seems to have ___.

a husband and child

a husband from whom she is separated

a child only

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

it has not changed at all

it seems like it has changed

it seems hostile

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

Fish

Hike

Rock climb

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

A shawl

A necklace

A leather jacket

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

Bibles

Classics

Old paperbacks

Scottish poetry
17 How long have David and Anna been married?

5 years

10 years

9 years

1 year
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?

She detests him.

She likes him enough.

She is afraid of him.

She loves him.
19 What were the pictures she'd drawn in her room of?

Trees

Glamorous women

Explosions

Animals
20 Her father can best be described as ___.

witty

creative

logical

spiritual
21 Her father hated ___.

art

Christianity

nature

women
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The herons

The loons

The crows

The jays
23 What does Anna say she has to do for David?

Dress nicely

Wear makeup

Be thin

Be sexual
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Greek myths

Grimms Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Quebec Folk Tales
25 As a child, she wanted to go to ___.

the city

Sunday School

the United States

a museum

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