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"?
A ghost

An unnamed narrator

Kazuo

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
1999

2001

1982

1945
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
Canada

United States

China

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?
Present tense

Future tense

Pluperfect

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

Play

Animated film

Novel
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Literary fiction

Nonfiction essay

Children's Literature

Science fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Salmon

Pufferfish

Eel

Tuna
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His mother died from eating it

It's his favorite food

His father died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its eyes

Its stomach

Its gills

Its sexual glands
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They go mad and run into the nearest body of water

They become bed-bound for a year

They die at the table

They writhe in pain all night and die by morning
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
London

Toronto

Tokyo

California
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
France

Canada

Germany

Japan
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Variety of Japanese tea

Woven floor mat

Type of fish

Drinking glass
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?
His firm collapsed

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement
18 Who is Watanabe?
Kikuko's boyfriend

Father's business partner

Mother's brother

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

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

It was an accident

He had cheated on his wife
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a university student

She is a chef

She is a maid

She is a doctor
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Kamakura

Toronto

Osaka

Tokyo
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Zen rock garden

Japanese pond

Synonym for lawn

Covered patio
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Spitting

Drinking

Chewing gum

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

Watanabe

Kazumi

Suichi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

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