Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1995

1980

1972

1969
2 The novel takes place in ___.

The US

Britain

Canada

France
3 We do not know the narrator's ___.

appearance

name

age

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

author

poet

illustrator

fine artist
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?

David

Paul

Joe

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

Her mother

No one

Her brother

Her father
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Two years

Two months

Nine months

Five months
8 What is "Random Samples?"

David and Joe's film

A poem David wrote

Anna's paperback

The book the narrator is illustrating
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

Bread

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

emotional interludes

philosophical musings

drawings

factual information
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 ___.

she never wants to leave again

it seems hostile

it has not changed at all

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

Hike

Birdwatch

Rock climb

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

A leather jacket

A notebook

A necklace

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

Classics

Bibles

Old paperbacks

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

10 years

5 years

1 year

9 years
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?

She is afraid of him.

She detests him.

She loves him.

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

Glamorous women

Trees

Explosions

Animals
20 Her father can best be described as ___.

spiritual

logical

witty

creative
21 Her father hated ___.

nature

Christianity

art

women
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The loons

The herons

The jays

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

Be sexual

Dress nicely

Be thin

Wear makeup
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Greek myths

Quebec Folk Tales

Grimms Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales
25 As a child, she wanted to go to ___.

a museum

Sunday School

the city

the United States

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