Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1972

1969

1980

1995
2 The novel takes place in ___.

France

Canada

The US

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

age

name

appearance

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

fine artist

author

illustrator

poet
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?

The narrator's father

Paul

Joe

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

No one

Her brother

Her mother

Her father
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Two months

Nine months

Two years

Five months
8 What is "Random Samples?"

The book the narrator is illustrating

Anna's paperback

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

Gossip

Newspapers

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

philosophical musings

factual information

drawings

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

a child only

a husband with whom she is together

a husband and child

a husband from whom she is separated
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?

Hike

Birdwatch

Fish

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

A notebook

A shawl

A leather jacket

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

Classics

Scottish poetry

Bibles

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

5 years

1 year

9 years

10 years
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?

Animals

Trees

Explosions

Glamorous women
20 Her father can best be described as ___.

spiritual

witty

creative

logical
21 Her father hated ___.

Christianity

nature

art

women
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The loons

The jays

The crows

The herons
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?

Grimms Fairy Tales

Quebec Folk Tales

Greek myths

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

a museum

the United States

Sunday School

the city

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