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

A ghost

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
2001

1999

1945

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

Canada

United States

China
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?
Present tense

Future tense

Pluperfect

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

Novel

Play

Short story
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Science fiction

Nonfiction essay

Literary fiction

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

Salmon

Tuna

Eel
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His mother died from eating it

His father died from eating it

It's his favorite food

His family ran a fugu restaurant
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 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?
London

Toronto

California

Tokyo
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Canada

France

Germany

Japan
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Woven floor mat

Drinking glass

Type of fish

Variety of Japanese tea
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Deng Xiaoping

Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai
17 Why did Father retire from working?
He wanted to spend more time with his wife

His firm collapsed

He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement
18 Who is Watanabe?
Father's business partner

The narrator's brother

Mother'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 doctor

She is a university student

She is a maid

She is a chef
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Kamakura

Tokyo

Toronto

Osaka
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?
Spitting

Smoking

Drinking

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

Kazumi

Watanabe

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

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Finding her mother's killer

Jumping in a well

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