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"?
Kiki

A ghost

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1945

2001

1999

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

Canada

China

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

Tokyo

Beijing

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

Pluperfect

Present tense

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

Novel

Short story

Animated film
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Nonfiction essay

Literary fiction

Children's Literature

Science fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Salmon

Tuna

Pufferfish

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

His mother died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant

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

Its eyes

Its stomach

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 die at the table

They become bed-bound for a year

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
California

Toronto

Tokyo

London
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
France

Canada

Germany

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

Variety of Japanese tea

Type of fish

Drinking glass
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Deng Xiaoping

Chou En-lai

Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe
17 Why did Father retire from working?
His firm collapsed

The government forced him into retirement

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

He sold his business
18 Who is Watanabe?
The narrator's brother

Mother's brother

Father's business partner

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
It was an accident

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on his wife

He had cheated on Kikuko
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a maid

She is a university student

She is a doctor

She is a chef
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Osaka

Tokyo

Toronto

Kamakura
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?
Spitting

Chewing gum

Smoking

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

Suichi

Kobe

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

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

Finding her mother's killer

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