A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Banana Yoshimoto

Haruki Murakami

Fuku Eri

Kazuo Ishiguro
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
Kiki

An unnamed narrator

Kazuo

A ghost
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1982

2001

1999

1945
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
China

Japan

Canada

United States
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?
New York

Beijing

Toronto

Tokyo
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Pluperfect

Future tense

Present tense

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

Animated film

Novel

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

Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay

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

Tuna

Eel

Salmon
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
It's his favorite food

His father died from eating it

His mother died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its eyes

Its stomach

Its gills

Its sexual glands
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 writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They become bed-bound for a year

They die at the table
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
London

California

Toronto

Tokyo
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Canada

Japan

France

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?
Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai

Deng Xiaoping
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?
Mother's brother

Father's business partner

Kikuko's boyfriend

The narrator's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
It was an accident

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on his wife

He had cheated on Kikuko
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a university student

She is a chef

She is a doctor

She is a maid
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Kamakura

Toronto

Tokyo

Osaka
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Covered patio

Zen rock garden

Synonym for lawn

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

Smoking

Drinking

Spitting
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Suichi

Kazumi

Watanabe

Kobe
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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