A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Fuku Eri

Kazuo Ishiguro

Banana Yoshimoto

Haruki Murakami
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
Kiki

A ghost

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1982

1999

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

Beijing

Tokyo

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

Pluperfect

Present tense

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

Novel

Play

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

Nonfiction essay

Science fiction

Children's Literature
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Eel

Salmon

Tuna

Pufferfish
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His family ran a fugu restaurant

His mother died from eating it

His father died from eating it

It's his favorite food
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 become bed-bound for a year

They die at the table

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

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

California

London

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?
Mao Zedong

Prime Minister Abe

Chou En-lai

Deng Xiaoping
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?
The narrator's brother

Kikuko's boyfriend

Father's business partner

Mother's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on Kikuko

He had cheated on his wife

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a maid

She is a university student

She is a doctor

She is a chef
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Toronto

Tokyo

Kamakura

Osaka
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?
Spitting

Chewing gum

Drinking

Smoking
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Watanabe

Kazumi

Suichi

Kobe
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Finding her mother's killer

Jumping in a well

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Moving home with her father

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