A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Fuku Eri

Kazuo Ishiguro

Haruki Murakami

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

An unnamed narrator

A ghost

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

1982

2001

1999
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
China

United States

Canada

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

Beijing

Toronto

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

Present tense

Future tense

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

Play

Novel

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

Children's Literature

Literary fiction

Science fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Salmon

Pufferfish

Tuna

Eel
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 sexual glands

Its eyes

Its gills

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?
London

California

Tokyo

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Germany

France

Canada

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

Drinking glass

Woven floor mat

Variety of Japanese tea
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Chou En-lai

Mao Zedong

Deng Xiaoping

Prime Minister Abe
17 Why did Father retire from working?
He wanted to spend more time with his wife

His firm collapsed

He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement
18 Who is Watanabe?
The narrator's brother

Father's business partner

Mother's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on his wife

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident

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

She is a university student

She is a maid

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Toronto

Kamakura

Osaka

Tokyo
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Covered patio

Zen rock garden

Synonym for lawn

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?
Watanabe

Suichi

Kazumi

Kobe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Finding her mother's killer

Jumping in a well

Moving home with her father

Traveling America with her boyfriend

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