A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Kazuo Ishiguro

Fuku Eri

Banana Yoshimoto

Haruki Murakami
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
An unnamed narrator

A ghost

Kazuo

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
2001

1999

1945

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

China

United States

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

New York

Beijing

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

Past tense

Present tense

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

Novel

Animated film

Play
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

Tuna

Eel
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His family ran a fugu restaurant

His mother died from eating it

His father died from eating it

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

Its stomach

Its gills

Its eyes
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They die at the table

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
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
California

London

Tokyo

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Japan

Canada

Germany

France
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Type of fish

Drinking glass

Variety of Japanese tea

Woven floor mat
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Prime Minister Abe

Mao Zedong

Chou En-lai

Deng Xiaoping
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

The narrator's brother

Father's business partner

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

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on his wife

It was an accident
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a maid

She is a doctor

She is a university student

She is a chef
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Toronto

Tokyo

Kamakura

Osaka
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Japanese pond

Synonym for lawn

Covered patio

Zen rock garden
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Chewing gum

Spitting

Smoking

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

Watanabe

Suichi

Kazumi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Traveling America with her boyfriend

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

Jumping in a well

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