A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Haruki Murakami

Fuku Eri

Banana Yoshimoto

Kazuo Ishiguro
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
Kazuo

An unnamed narrator

A ghost

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
2001

1945

1982

1999
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
Canada

China

United States

Japan
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?
New York

Toronto

Beijing

Tokyo
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Pluperfect

Future tense

Present tense

Past tense
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?
Animated film

Novel

Play

Short story
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Literary fiction

Science fiction

Nonfiction essay

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

Tuna

Salmon

Pufferfish
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
His father died from eating it

His family ran a fugu restaurant

It's his favorite food

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

Its stomach

Its eyes

Its gills
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

Tokyo

California

Toronto
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Canada

Germany

France

Japan
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?
Prime Minister Abe

Deng Xiaoping

Chou En-lai

Mao Zedong
17 Why did Father retire from working?
The government forced him into retirement

His firm collapsed

He sold his business

He wanted to spend more time with his wife
18 Who is Watanabe?
Mother's brother

The narrator's brother

Father's business partner

Kikuko's boyfriend
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on his wife

It was an accident

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on Kikuko
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a doctor

She is a maid

She is a chef

She is a university student
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Tokyo

Osaka

Toronto

Kamakura
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Covered patio

Zen rock garden

Japanese pond

Synonym for lawn
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Spitting

Smoking

Chewing gum

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

Suichi

Kobe

Kazumi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Moving home with her father

Traveling America with her boyfriend

Finding her mother's killer

Jumping in a well

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