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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?
Car accident

Murder

Drug overdose

Suicide
2 How long does it take for Paul and Lan to get married after meeting each other for the first time?
One month

One week

One year

One day
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?
He found another woman.

Lan leaves him for another man.

He doesn't love her anymore.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?
Trash bins

A cardboard box

Wildflowers

Free clothes
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?
To leave Trevor

To become a playwright

To attend school in NYC for writing

To become an actor
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1960

1983

1967

1970
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?
A school

A pool

A supermarket

A farm
8 Who is the famous golfer that is birthed from two people who met because of the Vietnam War?
Thongchai Jaidee

Lebron James

Tiger Woods

Prayad Marksaeng
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?
Basil

Beets

Wheat

Tomatoes
10 What does the narrator tell Rose has been spray painted on their door?
Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

Happy Thanksgiving

FAG4LIFE
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?
After Little Dog left for New York

After he came to terms with his sexuality

After his father beat him

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin
12 What makes Little Dog return to Hartford?
Rose's death

Lan's diagnosis

Trevor's death

Trevor's absence
13 Who does Little Dog video call in Saigon?
Lan

Rose

Mai

Paul
14 What does Little Dog witness while walking in Saigon?
A troupe of drag performers in a procession with a body in the streets

A baby dying

A group of monkeys

A marriage
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?
They remind them of the war.

They think they are gunshots.

They were not expecting it.

They don't know it's a holiday.
16 What does Little Dog reveal to his mother at Dunkin' Donuts?
His mistakes

His desire to become a writer

His sexuality

His grades at school
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?
A notebook

An ink pen

A Jolly Rancher candy

An old knife
18 On her deathbed, what does Lan tell her grandson is a stupid thing?
To be in love

To be a girl

To be a mother

To be stupid
19 What is the last thing Lan asks for before she dies?
Go Cong rice

Sushi

A Jolly Rancher candy

Fish
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?
He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

He believes it is a form of love.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?
Take care

Goodbye

Hello

Sorry
22 Why does Rose laugh when her client tells her her horse died of cancer?
Her daughter was actually her horse.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

She does not think it is something to cry about.

She does not understand what she said.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?
He killed a relative of hers.

He was one of Lan's clients.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.
24 Where does the family bury Lan?
In the backyard

In Vietnam

In the United States

By a body of water in Hartford
25 Which musical artist do Trevor and Little sing repeatedly?
Eminem

50 Cent

Lil Wayne

Snoop Dog

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