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"?

An unnamed narrator

Kazuo

A ghost

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?

1945

1999

1982

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

Japan

China

Canada

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

Beijing

Toronto

Tokyo

New York
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?

Past tense

Pluperfect

Present tense

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

Short story

Animated film

Novel

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Nonfiction essay

Children's Literature

Science fiction

Literary fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Tuna

Salmon

Eel

Pufferfish
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 stomach

Its eyes

Its gills

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

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

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

London

California

Toronto

Tokyo
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Japan

Canada

Germany

France
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Variety of Japanese tea

Woven floor mat

Type of fish

Drinking glass
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?

Kikuko's boyfriend

Father's business partner

Mother's brother

The narrator'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 doctor

She is a maid

She is a chef

She is a university student
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Toronto

Osaka

Kamakura

Tokyo
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Japanese pond

Covered patio

Synonym for lawn

Zen rock garden
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?

Kazumi

Kobe

Suichi

Watanabe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Moving home with her father

Jumping in a well

Finding her mother's killer

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