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"?

Kiki

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator

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

1999

2001

1982

1945
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

Toronto

Beijing

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

Present tense

Future tense

Past tense

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

Short story

Animated film

Novel

Play
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?

Children's Literature

Nonfiction essay

Literary fiction

Science fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?

Pufferfish

Salmon

Tuna

Eel
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?

It's his favorite food

His father died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant

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

Its sexual glands

Its eyes

Its stomach

Its gills
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?

They become bed-bound for a year

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

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

Toronto

Tokyo

California

London
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?

Germany

Canada

France

Japan
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?

Drinking glass

Woven floor mat

Variety of Japanese tea

Type of fish
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?

Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai

Mao Zedong

Deng Xiaoping
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

The narrator's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend

Mother's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on Kikuko

He had cheated on his wife

It was an accident
20 What does Kikuko do?

She is a doctor

She is a maid

She is a university student

She is a chef
21 Where does Kikuko live?

Osaka

Kamakura

Tokyo

Toronto
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?

Synonym for lawn

Japanese pond

Covered patio

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

Chewing gum

Drinking

Smoking

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

Kazumi

Suichi

Kobe

Watanabe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Moving home with her father

Jumping in a well

Finding her mother's killer

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