A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Fuku Eri

Banana Yoshimoto

Kazuo Ishiguro

Haruki Murakami
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
A ghost

An unnamed narrator

Kazuo

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
2001

1982

1999

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

United States

China

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

New York

Beijing

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

Future tense

Pluperfect

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

Short story

Novel

Animated film
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Literary fiction

Science fiction

Children's Literature

Nonfiction essay
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Tuna

Pufferfish

Salmon

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

His mother died from eating it

His father died from eating it

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

Its stomach

Its sexual glands

Its eyes
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 become bed-bound for a year

They die at the table

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
California

Tokyo

London

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
France

Germany

Canada

Japan
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Type of fish

Drinking glass

Variety of Japanese tea

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

Chou En-lai

Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe
17 Why did Father retire from working?
His firm collapsed

The government forced him into retirement

He sold his business

He wanted to spend more time with his wife
18 Who is Watanabe?
The narrator's brother

Mother's brother

Father's business partner

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident

He had cheated on his wife

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

She is a university student

She is a doctor

She is a chef
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Tokyo

Osaka

Kamakura

Toronto
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

Spitting

Drinking

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

Kobe

Kazumi

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

Jumping in a well

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Finding her mother's killer

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