Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1995

1972

1980

1969
2 The novel takes place in ___.

The US

Britain

Canada

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

name

age

appearance

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

illustrator

fine artist

poet

author
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?

David

Paul

Joe

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

No one

Her mother

Her father

Her brother
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Five months

Nine months

Two months

Two years
8 What is "Random Samples?"

David and Joe's film

Anna's paperback

A poem David wrote

The book the narrator is illustrating
9 What was going on during the narrator's childhood?

Iraq War

WWII

Vietnam War

WWI
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Newspapers

Bread

Gossip

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

drawings

philosophical musings

factual information

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

a husband and child

a husband with whom she is together

a child only

a husband from whom she is separated
13 When she returns to the village, she thinks ___.

she never wants to leave again

it has not changed at all

it seems like it has changed

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

Fish

Rock climb

Hike

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

A necklace

A shawl

A leather jacket

A notebook
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?

10 years

9 years

5 years

1 year
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?

She is afraid of him.

She likes him enough.

She detests him.

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

Animals

Explosions

Trees

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

spiritual

witty

logical

creative
21 Her father hated ___.

women

Christianity

nature

art
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The crows

The herons

The jays

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

Dress nicely

Wear makeup

Be sexual

Be thin
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Greek myths

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Quebec Folk Tales

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

the United States

a museum

the city

Sunday School

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