A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Fuku Eri

Haruki Murakami

Banana Yoshimoto

Kazuo Ishiguro
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

An unnamed narrator

Kiki

Kazuo

A ghost
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?

1999

1945

1982

2001
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?

United States

Japan

Canada

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

Toronto

Tokyo

New York

Beijing
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?

Past tense

Future tense

Present tense

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

Novel

Short story

Play

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

Children's Literature

Literary fiction

Science fiction

Nonfiction essay
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Eel

Tuna

Pufferfish

Salmon
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His mother died from eating it

It's his favorite food

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

Its stomach

Its sexual glands

Its gills

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?

London

California

Tokyo

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Japan

France

Canada

Germany
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Drinking glass

Type of fish

Variety of Japanese tea

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

Prime Minister Abe

Deng Xiaoping

Mao Zedong

Chou En-lai
17 Why did Father retire from working?

He sold his business

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

His firm collapsed

The government forced him into retirement
18 Who is Watanabe?

Father's business partner

Mother's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend

The narrator's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

It was an accident

He had cheated on his wife

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on Kikuko
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a chef

She is a university student

She is a doctor

She is a maid
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Osaka

Toronto

Kamakura

Tokyo
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Japanese pond

Synonym for lawn

Zen rock garden

Covered patio
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?

Chewing gum

Smoking

Spitting

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

Watanabe

Suichi

Kobe

Kazumi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

Jumping in a well

Traveling America with her boyfriend

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