A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Haruki Murakami

Banana Yoshimoto

Kazuo Ishiguro

Fuku Eri
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
A ghost

Kiki

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
2001

1999

1982

1945
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?
Tokyo

Beijing

New York

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

Present tense

Past tense

Pluperfect
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?
Play

Short story

Animated film

Novel
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Literary fiction

Science fiction

Children's Literature

Nonfiction essay
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Salmon

Pufferfish

Eel

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

His mother died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant

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

Its stomach

Its eyes

Its gills
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They die at the table

They become bed-bound for a year

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
Toronto

California

Tokyo

London
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Germany

France

Japan

Canada
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Woven floor mat

Variety of Japanese tea

Drinking glass

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

Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai
17 Why did Father retire from working?
He wanted to spend more time with his wife

The government forced him into retirement

He sold his business

His firm collapsed
18 Who is Watanabe?
Kikuko's boyfriend

Father's business partner

Mother's brother

The narrator's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on Kikuko

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident

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

She is a maid

She is a doctor

She is a chef
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Toronto

Tokyo

Osaka

Kamakura
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Japanese pond

Zen rock garden

Synonym for lawn

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

Drinking

Chewing gum

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

Kobe

Suichi

Watanabe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Moving home with her father

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Finding her mother's killer

Jumping in a well

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