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"?
A ghost

Kazuo

Kiki

An unnamed narrator
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1945

1982

1999

2001
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
China

United States

Canada

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

New York

Toronto

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

Present tense

Past tense

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

Short story

Animated film

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Science fiction

Literary fiction

Children's Literature

Nonfiction essay
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Pufferfish

Salmon

Eel

Tuna
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His father died from eating it

His mother died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant

It's his favorite food
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its eyes

Its sexual glands

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 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?
Toronto

California

London

Tokyo
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Germany

France

Canada

Japan
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Drinking glass

Variety of Japanese tea

Type of fish

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?
The narrator's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend

Father's business partner

Mother's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on his wife

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident

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

She is a chef

She is a university student

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Kamakura

Osaka

Toronto

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

Synonym for lawn

Japanese pond

Zen rock garden
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Drinking

Chewing gum

Smoking

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

Suichi

Kazumi

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

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

Finding her mother's killer

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