Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?
1980

1995

1969

1972
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 ___.
poet

illustrator

fine artist

author
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?
Paul

The narrator's father

Joe

David
6 Who is still alive in the narrator's family?
No one

Her brother

Her father

Her mother
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?
Five months

Two months

Two years

Nine months
8 What is "Random Samples?"
A poem David wrote

The book the narrator is illustrating

Anna's paperback

David and Joe's film
9 What was going on during the narrator's childhood?
Vietnam War

WWII

Iraq War

WWI
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?
Bread

Gossip

Newspapers

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

emotional interludes

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 has not changed at all

it seems hostile

it seems like it has changed

she never wants to leave again
14 What does David want to do on this trip?
Birdwatch

Fish

Hike

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

A leather jacket

A necklace

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

Bibles

Scottish poetry

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

9 years

1 year

10 years
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?
She detests him.

She is afraid of him.

She likes him enough.

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

Explosions

Glamorous women

Animals
20 Her father can best be described as ___.
creative

spiritual

logical

witty
21 Her father hated ___.
nature

women

Christianity

art
22 Her mother loved what creature?
The crows

The loons

The herons

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

Dress nicely

Wear makeup

Be thin
24 What is the narrator illustrating?
Grimms Fairy Tales

Greek myths

Quebec Folk Tales

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

a museum

the city

Sunday School

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