Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1969

1972

1980

1995
2 The novel takes place in ___.

Canada

The US

France

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

name

appearance

age

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

illustrator

poet

author

fine artist
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?

The narrator's father

Paul

David

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

Her father

Her mother

Her brother

No one
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Two years

Two months

Nine months

Five months
8 What is "Random Samples?"

Anna's paperback

The book the narrator is illustrating

David and Joe's film

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

WWI

WWII

Vietnam War

Iraq War
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Vegetables

Newspapers

Gossip

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

factual information

emotional interludes

philosophical musings

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

a husband from whom she is separated

a child only

a husband and child

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

she never wants to leave again

it seems like it has changed

it has not changed at all

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

Rock climb

Birdwatch

Hike

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

A shawl

A leather jacket

A necklace

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?

1 year

9 years

10 years

5 years
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?

She is afraid of him.

She loves him.

She likes him enough.

She detests him.
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 ___.

logical

spiritual

witty

creative
21 Her father hated ___.

women

Christianity

nature

art
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The crows

The herons

The loons

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

Wear makeup

Dress nicely

Be thin

Be sexual
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Quebec Folk Tales

Greek myths

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Grimms Fairy Tales
25 As a child, she wanted to go to ___.

Sunday School

the United States

a museum

the city

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