A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Haruki Murakami

Fuku Eri

Banana Yoshimoto

Kazuo Ishiguro
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
Kazuo

A ghost

Kiki

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

1982

1999

1945
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

Past tense

Present tense

Pluperfect
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?
Short story

Play

Novel

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

Nonfiction essay

Literary fiction

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

Eel

Salmon

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

It's his favorite food

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His father died from eating it
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its eyes

Its sexual glands

Its stomach

Its gills
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They become bed-bound for a year

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

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

Tokyo

London

California
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Germany

France

Japan

Canada
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Variety of Japanese tea

Drinking glass

Woven floor mat

Type of fish
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

The government forced him into retirement

His firm collapsed

He sold his business
18 Who is Watanabe?
Father's business partner

Mother's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend

The narrator's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on Kikuko

It was an accident

He had cheated on his wife

He was disgraced when his business collapsed
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a university student

She is a maid

She is a chef

She is a doctor
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?
Drinking

Chewing gum

Smoking

Spitting
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Watanabe

Kazumi

Kobe

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

Jumping in a well

Finding her mother's killer

Traveling America with her boyfriend

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