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Surfacing
Margaret Atwood
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The narrator
Joe
David
Anna
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1
of 5
The narrator's father saw Paul as a model of ___.
The straight and narrow
A refined scholar
The simple life
A wild man
2
of 5
How did the narrator's mother die?
Suicide
A heart attack
A car accident
A brain tumor
3
of 5
Who kept a laboratory where he ran experiments on animals in jars?
Evans
The narrator's brother
Paul
The narrator's father
4
of 5
What does Bill Malmstrom claim that works for?
A wildlife preservation agency
An unnamed government department
A real estate firm
A resort developer
5
of 5
What was distinctive about the Old Shopkeeper that the narrator called Madame?
She had one eye
She had one leg
She had one ear
She had one arm
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