Kitchen Quizzes

Kitchen Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed June 13, 2019

1 The work is by a __________ author.

Chinese

Korean

Vietnamese

Japanese
2 The work came out in the

1990s

1980s

2000s

1970s
3 The narrator is

a third-person narrator

Yuichi

Mikage

Eriko
4 Who has just died at the beginning of the book?

Mikage's grandfather

Mikage's mother

Eriko

Mikage's grandmother
5 Who primarily raised Mikage?

Her father

Her grandfather

Her mother

Her grandmother
6 Mikage's favorite place is

the garden

her bed

a park

the kitchen
7 The idea of what exhausts Mikage?

Going back to school

Being social

Moving out

Living
8 Mikage describes Yuichi as

funny

brilliant

loud

cool
9 Yuichi worked part-time at a

flower shop

tea cafe

library

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

sofa

kitchen

chair

television
11 The Tanabe apartment is decorated with many

sculptures

paintings

rugs

plants
12 Mikage finds the Tanabe kitchen very

intimate

cluttered

satisfying

overwhelming
13 Mikage finds Eriko

shy but lovely

wild and crazy

stunningly beautiful

aloof and mysterious
14 Eriko owns a

restaurant

salon

club

clothing shop
15 What does Yuichi tell Mikage about his mother?

She was once a man

She is actually his aunt

She adopted him

She wants to be a man
16 Sleeping at the Tanabe house, Mikage feels

very uncomfortable

immediately blissful

odd at first, then peaceful

lonely and depressed
17 In the morning,

Eriko orders takeou for Mikage and herself

Mikage cooks for Eriko

Yuichi cooks for them all

Mikage finds herself alone
18 Eriko says that Yuichi said Mikage reminded him of

a teddy bear

a dog they had

an angel

his biological mother
19 Eriko says that Yuichi is

unhappy with her

a womanizer

very prideful

strangely distant with people
20 Why does Mikage think it is difficult to live with an old person?

They are boring

They do not have any money

They ask too many questions

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

studying

cleaning

watching TV

baking cakes
22 What does Sotaro love?

Clothes

Green spaces

Cooking

Books
23 Sotaro tells Mikage that

Yuichi is a strange guy

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

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

all of these
24 Mikage used to admire Sotaro's

wit

robustness

intellect

style
25 What do Eriko and Yuichi love to buy?

Exotic foods

Art for the home

Electronic devices

Art