Kitchen Quizzes

Kitchen Quiz 1

1 The work is by a __________ author.
Vietnamese

Korean

Chinese

Japanese
2 The work came out in the
1970s

1990s

2000s

1980s
3 The narrator is
Mikage

Eriko

Yuichi

a third-person narrator
4 Who has just died at the beginning of the book?
Mikage's mother

Eriko

Mikage's grandfather

Mikage's grandmother
5 Who primarily raised Mikage?
Her grandfather

Her mother

Her father

Her grandmother
6 Mikage's favorite place is
the garden

the kitchen

her bed

a park
7 The idea of what exhausts Mikage?
Being social

Moving out

Going back to school

Living
8 Mikage describes Yuichi as
brilliant

loud

funny

cool
9 Yuichi worked part-time at a
library

tea cafe

flower shop

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

sofa

television

chair
11 The Tanabe apartment is decorated with many
paintings

sculptures

plants

rugs
12 Mikage finds the Tanabe kitchen very
cluttered

overwhelming

intimate

satisfying
13 Mikage finds Eriko
shy but lovely

stunningly beautiful

aloof and mysterious

wild and crazy
14 Eriko owns a
clothing shop

restaurant

salon

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

She is actually his aunt

She was once a man

She adopted him
16 Sleeping at the Tanabe house, Mikage feels
immediately blissful

lonely and depressed

odd at first, then peaceful

very uncomfortable
17 In the morning,
Eriko orders takeou for Mikage and herself

Mikage finds herself alone

Yuichi cooks for them all

Mikage cooks for Eriko
18 Eriko says that Yuichi said Mikage reminded him of
a dog they had

his biological mother

an angel

a teddy bear
19 Eriko says that Yuichi is
very prideful

unhappy with her

a womanizer

strangely distant with people
20 Why does Mikage think it is difficult to live with an old person?
They do not have any money

They ask too many questions

They are boring

You always think they are going to die
21 During her "lazy" time, Mikage does all the following except
watching TV

cleaning

studying

baking cakes
22 What does Sotaro love?
Green spaces

Cooking

Books

Clothes
23 Sotaro tells Mikage that
it seems like a good thing she is staying with the Tanabes

Yuichi is a strange guy

Yuichi's girlfriend flipped out that Mikage is staying with him

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

style

wit

intellect
25 What do Eriko and Yuichi love to buy?
Electronic devices

Art

Exotic foods

Art for the home