A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Haruki Murakami

Fuku Eri

Kazuo Ishiguro

Banana Yoshimoto
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
An unnamed narrator

Kiki

Kazuo

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

2001

1999

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?
Tokyo

New York

Beijing

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

Past tense

Future tense

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

Novel

Animated film

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Science fiction

Children's Literature

Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Pufferfish

Salmon

Tuna

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

His family ran a fugu restaurant

It's his favorite food

His mother died from eating it
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its sexual glands

Its stomach

Its gills

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

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They become bed-bound for a year

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
London

California

Tokyo

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Japan

Germany

Canada

France
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?
Deng Xiaoping

Prime Minister Abe

Mao Zedong

Chou En-lai
17 Why did Father retire from working?
The government forced him into retirement

His firm collapsed

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

He sold his business
18 Who is Watanabe?
Father's business partner

Mother's brother

The narrator's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on his wife

It was an accident

He had cheated on Kikuko
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?
Osaka

Toronto

Kamakura

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

Japanese pond

Zen rock garden

Synonym for lawn
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Chewing gum

Spitting

Smoking

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

Watanabe

Kazumi

Suichi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Jumping in a well

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

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