A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Fuku Eri

Banana Yoshimoto

Haruki Murakami

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

An unnamed narrator

A ghost

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

1999

1945

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

Canada

Japan

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

Tokyo

Beijing

New York
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Present tense

Pluperfect

Past tense

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

Short story

Play

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

Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay

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

Pufferfish

Eel

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

It's his favorite food

His mother died from eating it

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

Its gills

Its sexual glands

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

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They become bed-bound for a year
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
Toronto

California

London

Tokyo
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
France

Japan

Germany

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

Woven floor mat

Type of fish

Drinking glass
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Mao Zedong

Chou En-lai

Deng Xiaoping

Prime Minister Abe
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?
Mother's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend

Father's business partner

The narrator's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident

He had cheated on Kikuko

He had cheated on his wife
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

Kamakura

Toronto

Tokyo
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Synonym for lawn

Covered patio

Japanese pond

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

Spitting

Drinking

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

Watanabe

Kobe

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

Jumping in a well

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Finding her mother's killer

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