A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fuku Eri

Haruki Murakami

Banana Yoshimoto
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
Kiki

An unnamed narrator

A ghost

Kazuo
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1999

1945

2001

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

Canada

China

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

New York

Toronto

Tokyo
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Pluperfect

Present tense

Future tense

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

Short story

Play

Novel
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay

Science fiction

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

Pufferfish

Salmon

Eel
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
It's his favorite food

His mother died from eating it

His father died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its gills

Its eyes

Its sexual glands

Its stomach
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?
Toronto

California

Tokyo

London
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
France

Canada

Japan

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

Type of fish

Variety of Japanese tea

Drinking glass
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai

Mao Zedong

Deng Xiaoping
17 Why did Father retire from working?
He sold his business

His firm collapsed

The government forced him into retirement

He wanted to spend more time with his wife
18 Who is Watanabe?
The narrator's brother

Mother's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend

Father's business partner
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
It was an accident

He had cheated on Kikuko

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 chef

She is a doctor

She is a maid
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Toronto

Kamakura

Tokyo

Osaka
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

Drinking

Smoking

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

Suichi

Kobe

Watanabe
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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