A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Fuku Eri

Kazuo Ishiguro

Banana Yoshimoto

Haruki Murakami
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

An unnamed narrator

Kiki

Kazuo

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

2001

1999

1945

1982
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?

United States

Japan

China

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

Beijing

New York

Tokyo

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?

Novel

Animated film

Short story

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Children's Literature

Nonfiction essay

Literary fiction

Science fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Salmon

Pufferfish

Eel

Tuna
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

His father died from eating it

It's his favorite food

His family ran a fugu restaurant

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

Its stomach

Its eyes

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 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?

Tokyo

Toronto

London

California
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Germany

Japan

France

Canada
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Type of fish

Variety of Japanese tea

Drinking glass

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

Mao Zedong

Deng Xiaoping

Chou En-lai

Prime Minister Abe
17 Why did Father retire from working?

His firm collapsed

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement
18 Who is Watanabe?

Father's business partner

Kikuko's boyfriend

The narrator's brother

Mother's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on his wife

He had cheated on Kikuko

It was an accident
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a chef

She is a university student

She is a maid

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Toronto

Tokyo

Kamakura

Osaka
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Japanese pond

Zen rock garden

Covered patio

Synonym for lawn
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?

Drinking

Smoking

Spitting

Chewing gum
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?

Watanabe

Suichi

Kobe

Kazumi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

Jumping in a well

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