A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

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1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?

Banana Yoshimoto

Kazuo Ishiguro

Fuku Eri

Haruki Murakami
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator

Kiki

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

1945

2001

1982

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

China

Canada

United States

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

Tokyo

New York

Beijing

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

Pluperfect

Present tense

Past tense

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

Short story

Animated film

Novel

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Nonfiction essay

Children's Literature

Science fiction

Literary fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Pufferfish

Salmon

Eel

Tuna
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

His mother died from eating it

His father died from eating it

It's his favorite food

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

Its stomach

Its eyes

Its sexual glands

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 writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They become bed-bound for a year

They die at the table
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?

Tokyo

London

Toronto

California
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Germany

Japan

France

Canada
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Variety of Japanese tea

Type of fish

Woven floor mat

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

Mao Zedong

Deng Xiaoping

Chou En-lai

Prime Minister Abe
17 Why did Father retire from working?

He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

His firm collapsed
18 Who is Watanabe?

Father's business partner

Mother's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend

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

He had cheated on his wife

He had cheated on Kikuko

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a maid

She is a doctor

She is a chef

She is a university student
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Tokyo

Osaka

Toronto

Kamakura
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Covered patio

Synonym for lawn

Zen rock garden

Japanese pond
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?

Kobe

Kazumi

Watanabe

Suichi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Jumping in a well

Finding her mother's killer

Moving home with her father

Traveling America with her boyfriend

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