A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Kazuo Ishiguro

Haruki Murakami

Banana Yoshimoto

Fuku Eri
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

An unnamed narrator

A ghost

Kazuo

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?

1982

2001

1945

1999
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?

Japan

China

United States

Canada
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?

Beijing

Tokyo

Toronto

New York
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?

Future tense

Present tense

Pluperfect

Past tense
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?

Short story

Novel

Animated film

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Science fiction

Children's Literature

Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Tuna

Pufferfish

Eel

Salmon
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His father died from eating it

It's his favorite food

His mother died from eating it
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?

Its eyes

Its gills

Its sexual glands

Its stomach
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They die at the table

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They become bed-bound for a year
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?

California

Tokyo

London

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Japan

France

Canada

Germany
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Variety of Japanese tea

Woven floor mat

Drinking glass

Type of fish
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?

Chou En-lai

Prime Minister Abe

Deng Xiaoping

Mao Zedong
17 Why did Father retire from working?

The government forced him into retirement

He sold his business

His firm collapsed

He wanted to spend more time with his wife
18 Who is Watanabe?

Kikuko's boyfriend

Mother's brother

The narrator's brother

Father's business partner
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on Kikuko

It was an accident

He had cheated on his wife
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a doctor

She is a chef

She is a maid

She is a university student
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Toronto

Tokyo

Osaka

Kamakura
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Zen rock garden

Synonym for lawn

Covered patio

Japanese pond
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?

Chewing gum

Spitting

Drinking

Smoking
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?

Kazumi

Kobe

Suichi

Watanabe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

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