A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Kazuo Ishiguro

Haruki Murakami

Fuku Eri

Banana Yoshimoto
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

Kazuo

A ghost

An unnamed narrator

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?

1945

1982

2001

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

United States

Japan

Canada

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

Beijing

Tokyo

New York

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

Pluperfect

Present tense

Future tense

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

Short story

Novel

Animated film

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Literary fiction

Science fiction

Nonfiction essay

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

Tuna

Eel

Salmon

Pufferfish
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His mother died from eating it

It's his favorite food

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

Its stomach

Its eyes

Its sexual glands

Its gills
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They become bed-bound for a year

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

London

California

Tokyo

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Japan

Canada

France

Germany
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Type of fish

Woven floor mat

Variety of Japanese tea

Drinking glass
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?

Prime Minister Abe

Mao Zedong

Deng Xiaoping

Chou En-lai
17 Why did Father retire from working?

He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

His firm collapsed
18 Who is Watanabe?

Mother's brother

Father's business partner

Kikuko's boyfriend

The narrator's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

He had cheated on Kikuko

He had cheated on his wife

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a university student

She is a chef

She is a maid

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Toronto

Kamakura

Osaka

Tokyo
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Covered patio

Synonym for lawn

Zen rock garden

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

Chewing gum

Spitting

Smoking

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

Suichi

Kobe

Watanabe

Kazumi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Finding her mother's killer

Moving home with her father

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

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