A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Banana Yoshimoto

Fuku Eri

Haruki Murakami

Kazuo Ishiguro
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

Kiki

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator

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

1945

1982

1999

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

Canada

Japan

China

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

Toronto

New York

Tokyo

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

Future tense

Present tense

Pluperfect

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

Play

Animated film

Short story

Novel
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Literary fiction

Children's Literature

Science fiction

Nonfiction essay
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Salmon

Tuna

Eel

Pufferfish
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 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 go mad and run into the nearest body of water

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

London

Tokyo

California

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

France

Japan

Germany

Canada
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Variety of Japanese tea

Type of fish

Drinking glass

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

Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai

Deng Xiaoping
17 Why did Father retire from working?

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

He sold his business

His firm collapsed

The government forced him into retirement
18 Who is Watanabe?

Father's business partner

Mother's brother

The narrator's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

He had cheated on his wife

He had cheated on Kikuko

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a chef

She is a maid

She is a doctor

She is a university student
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

Drinking

Smoking
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

Jumping in a well

Finding her mother's killer

Moving home with her father

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