Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1980

1995

1972

1969
2 The novel takes place in ___.

Canada

The US

France

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

age

appearance

name

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

author

illustrator

fine artist

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

Her mother

No one

Her father
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Nine months

Two months

Two years

Five 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?

Iraq War

WWI

Vietnam War

WWII
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Bread

Gossip

Vegetables

Newspapers
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?

Hike

Rock climb

Fish

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

A shawl

A leather jacket

A notebook

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

Old paperbacks

Bibles

Classics

Scottish poetry
17 How long have David and Anna been married?

10 years

5 years

9 years

1 year
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?

She likes him enough.

She loves him.

She detests him.

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

Explosions

Glamorous women

Animals

Trees
20 Her father can best be described as ___.

logical

witty

creative

spiritual
21 Her father hated ___.

art

Christianity

women

nature
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The loons

The crows

The jays

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

Be sexual

Wear makeup

Dress nicely

Be thin
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Quebec Folk Tales

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Greek myths

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

the city

Sunday School

the United States

a museum

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