Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1972

1995

1980

1969
2 The novel takes place in ___.

France

Canada

The US

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

appearance

age

name

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

poet

author

illustrator

fine artist
5 Who served in the Vietnam War?

Paul

David

Joe

The narrator's father
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

Five months

Nine months

Two 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?

Vietnam War

Iraq War

WWI

WWII
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Newspapers

Vegetables

Bread

Gossip
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 and child

a husband with whom she is together

a husband from whom she is separated
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?

Fish

Rock climb

Birdwatch

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

A shawl

A necklace

A notebook

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

Old paperbacks

Bibles

Scottish poetry

Classics
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 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

Animals

Glamorous women

Explosions
20 Her father can best be described as ___.

creative

logical

spiritual

witty
21 Her father hated ___.

art

women

Christianity

nature
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The herons

The crows

The jays

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

Dress nicely

Wear makeup

Be thin

Be sexual
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Quebec Folk Tales

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Grimms Fairy Tales

Greek myths
25 As a child, she wanted to go to ___.

the United States

a museum

the city

Sunday School

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