A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Haruki Murakami

Kazuo Ishiguro

Fuku Eri

Banana Yoshimoto
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
An unnamed narrator

A ghost

Kiki

Kazuo
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1945

2001

1999

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

China

Japan

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

Beijing

New York

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?
Salmon

Pufferfish

Eel

Tuna
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His father died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His mother died from eating it

It's his favorite food
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its gills

Its stomach

Its eyes

Its sexual glands
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 writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They become bed-bound for a year

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

Toronto

London

California
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Canada

Germany

Japan

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?
Mao Zedong

Chou En-lai

Prime Minister Abe

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?
Kikuko's boyfriend

Mother's brother

The narrator's brother

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

He had cheated on Kikuko

He had cheated on his wife

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?
Tokyo

Kamakura

Osaka

Toronto
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Zen rock garden

Covered patio

Synonym for lawn

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

Spitting

Chewing gum

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

Kobe

Watanabe

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

Finding her mother's killer

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

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