Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1995

1972

1980

1969
2 The novel takes place in ___.

France

Canada

Britain

The US
3 We do not know the narrator's ___.

age

name

appearance

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

fine artist

poet

illustrator

author
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?

The narrator's father

David

Joe

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

No one

Her brother

Her father

Her mother
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Five months

Two years

Two months

Nine months
8 What is "Random Samples?"

Anna's paperback

David and Joe's film

The book the narrator is illustrating

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

WWII

Iraq War

WWI

Vietnam War
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Vegetables

Newspapers

Gossip

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

emotional interludes

factual information

philosophical musings

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

a husband with whom she is together

a husband from whom she is separated

a child only

a husband and child
13 When she returns to the village, she thinks ___.

it seems hostile

it has not changed at all

she never wants to leave again

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

Birdwatch

Hike

Rock climb

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

A necklace

A shawl

A notebook

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

Bibles

Scottish poetry

Old paperbacks

Classics
17 How long have David and Anna been married?

9 years

10 years

5 years

1 year
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?

She detests him.

She loves him.

She likes him enough.

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

Glamorous women

Animals

Trees

Explosions
20 Her father can best be described as ___.

logical

creative

spiritual

witty
21 Her father hated ___.

Christianity

art

nature

women
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The loons

The crows

The jays

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

Dress nicely

Be thin

Be sexual

Wear makeup
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Quebec Folk Tales

Grimms Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

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

Sunday School

a museum

the United States

the city

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