Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1995

1969

1980

1972
2 The novel takes place in ___.

The US

Britain

Canada

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

age

appearance

name

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

illustrator

fine artist

author

poet
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?

The narrator's father

David

Paul

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

Her brother

No one

Her father

Her mother
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Two years

Two months

Five months

Nine months
8 What is "Random Samples?"

Anna's paperback

A poem David wrote

David and Joe's film

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

WWI

Iraq War

WWII

Vietnam War
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Bread

Newspapers

Vegetables

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

drawings

emotional interludes

factual information

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

a husband with whom she is together

a husband and child

a husband from whom she is separated

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

it seems hostile

it has not changed at all

she never wants to leave again

it seems like it has changed
14 What does David want to do on this trip?

Hike

Rock climb

Birdwatch

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

A necklace

A leather jacket

A shawl

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

Bibles

Old paperbacks

Scottish poetry

Classics
17 How long have David and Anna been married?

9 years

1 year

10 years

5 years
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?

She loves him.

She detests him.

She likes him enough.

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

Glamorous women

Animals

Explosions

Trees
20 Her father can best be described as ___.

witty

logical

spiritual

creative
21 Her father hated ___.

women

Christianity

nature

art
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The crows

The jays

The loons

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

Be thin

Wear makeup

Be sexual

Dress nicely
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Greek myths

Grimms Fairy Tales

Quebec Folk Tales
25 As a child, she wanted to go to ___.

the United States

a museum

Sunday School

the city

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