Surfacing Quizzes

Surfacing Quiz 1

1 When was the novel published?

1972

1980

1969

1995
2 The novel takes place in ___.

Britain

The US

Canada

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

appearance

age

name

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

poet

fine artist

illustrator

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?

Her brother

No one

Her father

Her mother
7 How long has the narrator known Anna?

Two months

Nine months

Five months

Two years
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?

WWII

Vietnam War

WWI

Iraq War
10 What do Paul and the narrator exchange?

Vegetables

Gossip

Bread

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

factual information

drawings

emotional interludes

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

a husband with whom she is together

a husband from whom she is separated

a husband and child

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

it has not changed at all

she never wants to leave again

it seems hostile

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

Birdwatch

Rock climb

Hike

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

A necklace

A leather jacket

A notebook

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

Bibles

Old paperbacks

Classics

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

9 years

10 years

5 years

1 year
18 How does the narrator feel about Joe?

She likes him enough.

She detests him.

She is afraid of him.

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

Explosions

Glamorous women

Trees

Animals
20 Her father can best be described as ___.

witty

logical

spiritual

creative
21 Her father hated ___.

women

Christianity

art

nature
22 Her mother loved what creature?

The loons

The jays

The herons

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

Be sexual

Dress nicely

Be thin

Wear makeup
24 What is the narrator illustrating?

Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales

Quebec Folk Tales

Greek myths

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

the United States

Sunday School

a museum

the city

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