Kitchen Quizzes

Kitchen Quiz 1

1 The work is by a __________ author.
Vietnamese

Japanese

Chinese

Korean
2 The work came out in the
1970s

2000s

1990s

1980s
3 The narrator is
Mikage

Yuichi

Eriko

a third-person narrator
4 Who has just died at the beginning of the book?
Eriko

Mikage's grandfather

Mikage's grandmother

Mikage's mother
5 Who primarily raised Mikage?
Her mother

Her grandmother

Her grandfather

Her father
6 Mikage's favorite place is
the garden

a park

her bed

the kitchen
7 The idea of what exhausts Mikage?
Living

Being social

Going back to school

Moving out
8 Mikage describes Yuichi as
brilliant

funny

cool

loud
9 Yuichi worked part-time at a
tea cafe

flower shop

newspaper stand

library
10 The first thing Mikage notices in the Tanabe apartment is the
kitchen

television

sofa

chair
11 The Tanabe apartment is decorated with many
rugs

paintings

sculptures

plants
12 Mikage finds the Tanabe kitchen very
satisfying

cluttered

intimate

overwhelming
13 Mikage finds Eriko
stunningly beautiful

aloof and mysterious

wild and crazy

shy but lovely
14 Eriko owns a
restaurant

salon

clothing shop

club
15 What does Yuichi tell Mikage about his mother?
She wants to be a man

She adopted him

She is actually his aunt

She was once a man
16 Sleeping at the Tanabe house, Mikage feels
very uncomfortable

immediately blissful

lonely and depressed

odd at first, then peaceful
17 In the morning,
Mikage finds herself alone

Yuichi cooks for them all

Mikage cooks for Eriko

Eriko orders takeou for Mikage and herself
18 Eriko says that Yuichi said Mikage reminded him of
an angel

a teddy bear

his biological mother

a dog they had
19 Eriko says that Yuichi is
strangely distant with people

a womanizer

unhappy with her

very prideful
20 Why does Mikage think it is difficult to live with an old person?
They ask too many questions

You always think they are going to die

They are boring

They do not have any money
21 During her "lazy" time, Mikage does all the following except
watching TV

cleaning

studying

baking cakes
22 What does Sotaro love?
Books

Green spaces

Cooking

Clothes
23 Sotaro tells Mikage that
Yuichi's girlfriend flipped out that Mikage is staying with him

it seems like a good thing she is staying with the Tanabes

Yuichi is a strange guy

all of these
24 Mikage used to admire Sotaro's
style

wit

robustness

intellect
25 What do Eriko and Yuichi love to buy?
Art

Art for the home

Exotic foods

Electronic devices