Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Surfacing? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. When the narrator goes to buy some meat, the two men at the counter have a hairstyle modeled after a famous rocker. Who was that rocker?
Jimi Hendrix
Elvis Presley
Robert Plant
Fellow Canadian Justin Bieber
Q. Despite being in utero when it happened, what does the narrator believe she saw her brother do?
Fly
Fall off his bike
Drown
Run with the bulls in Pamplona
Q. According to the narrator, which two people used to scream at each other in order to make themselves understood in their second tongues?
The narrator and her mother
The narrator's mother and "Madame" (Paul's wife)
David and Anna
Silvio Berlusconi and Barack Obama
Q. What does Paul claim happened to the narrator's father?
He was found drowned
He was on a trip looking for rock paintings
He had disappeared on an Aussie-style walkabout
He had moved to America
Q. Which war is mentioned repeatedly throughout the novel?
The American Civil War
The War of 1812
World War I
World War II