A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Haruki Murakami

Banana Yoshimoto

Fuku Eri

Kazuo Ishiguro
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

An unnamed narrator

Kiki

A ghost

Kazuo
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?

2001

1945

1982

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

Japan

Canada

United States

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

Tokyo

Beijing

New York

Toronto
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?

Pluperfect

Past tense

Present tense

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

Animated film

Novel

Play

Short story
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Literary fiction

Science fiction

Nonfiction essay

Children's Literature
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Tuna

Salmon

Eel

Pufferfish
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

It's his favorite food

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His mother died from eating it

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

Its sexual glands

Its eyes

Its gills

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 become bed-bound for a year

They die at the table

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?

Toronto

California

Tokyo

London
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Canada

France

Japan

Germany
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Variety of Japanese tea

Type of fish

Drinking glass

Woven floor mat
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?

Deng Xiaoping

Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai

Mao Zedong
17 Why did Father retire from working?

He sold his business

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

The government forced him into retirement

His firm collapsed
18 Who is Watanabe?

Kikuko's boyfriend

The narrator's brother

Father's business partner

Mother's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

It was an accident

He had cheated on Kikuko

He had cheated on his wife

He was disgraced when his business collapsed
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a chef

She is a maid

She is a doctor

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

Japanese pond

Covered patio
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?

Drinking

Spitting

Chewing gum

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

Watanabe

Kobe

Kazumi

Suichi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Finding her mother's killer

Moving home with her father

Jumping in a well

Traveling America with her boyfriend

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