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

A ghost

Kazuo

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1999

1982

1945

2001
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

Tokyo

Toronto

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

Present tense

Pluperfect

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

Animated film

Novel

Short story
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Nonfiction essay

Science fiction

Children's Literature

Literary fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Tuna

Eel

Salmon

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

It's his favorite food

His mother died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its eyes

Its gills

Its stomach

Its sexual glands
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 writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They die at the table

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

Toronto

Tokyo

California
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Germany

Japan

France

Canada
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Drinking glass

Variety of Japanese tea

Type of fish

Woven floor mat
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Chou En-lai

Prime Minister Abe

Deng Xiaoping

Mao Zedong
17 Why did Father retire from working?
He wanted to spend more time with his wife

He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement

His firm collapsed
18 Who is Watanabe?
Kikuko's boyfriend

Mother's brother

The narrator's brother

Father's business partner
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on Kikuko

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident

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

She is a maid

She is a university student

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Kamakura

Tokyo

Toronto

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

Synonym for lawn

Japanese pond

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

Spitting

Smoking

Chewing gum
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Kobe

Kazumi

Suichi

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

Jumping in a well

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

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