Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1969

1972

1980

1995
2 The novel takes place in ___.

Canada

The US

Britain

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

appearance

name

age

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

author

illustrator

poet

fine artist
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?

David

The narrator's father

Paul

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

No one

Her mother

Her brother

Her father
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Nine months

Two months

Two years

Five 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?

WWI

WWII

Iraq War

Vietnam War
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Gossip

Newspapers

Vegetables

Bread
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 from whom she is separated

a husband with whom she is together

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

it seems like it has changed

it has not changed at all

she never wants to leave again

it seems hostile
14 What does David want to do on this trip?

Birdwatch

Rock climb

Hike

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

A shawl

A notebook

A leather jacket

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

Classics

Old paperbacks

Bibles

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

9 years

1 year

5 years

10 years
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?

She likes him enough.

She is afraid of him.

She loves him.

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

Trees

Explosions

Animals

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

spiritual

logical

creative

witty
21 Her father hated ___.

Christianity

women

nature

art
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The herons

The loons

The jays

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

Be sexual

Wear makeup

Be thin

Dress nicely
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 United States

a museum

the city

Sunday School

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