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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Murder

Car accident

Suicide

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

One month

One year

One week

One day
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

Lan leaves him for another man.

He found another woman.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He doesn't love her anymore.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?

Trash bins

A cardboard box

Free clothes

Wildflowers
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?

To become a playwright

To become an actor

To attend school in NYC for writing

To leave Trevor
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?

1983

1970

1960

1967
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A school

A farm

A pool

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

Prayad Marksaeng

Lebron James

Tiger Woods

Thongchai Jaidee
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?

Basil

Tomatoes

Wheat

Beets
10 What does the narrator tell Rose has been spray painted on their door?

Merry Christmas

FAG4LIFE

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy New Year
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?

After his father beat him

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

After he came to terms with his sexuality

After Little Dog left for New York
12 What makes Little Dog return to Hartford?

Trevor's absence

Trevor's death

Rose's death

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

Paul

Mai

Lan

Rose
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 group of monkeys

A baby dying

A marriage
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?

They think they are gunshots.

They don't know it's a holiday.

They remind them of the war.

They were not expecting it.
16 What does Little Dog reveal to his mother at Dunkin' Donuts?

His grades at school

His sexuality

His mistakes

His desire to become a writer
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?

A Jolly Rancher candy

A notebook

An old knife

An ink pen
18 On her deathbed, what does Lan tell her grandson is a stupid thing?

To be stupid

To be a mother

To be in love

To be a girl
19 What is the last thing Lan asks for before she dies?

Sushi

Fish

Go Cong rice

A Jolly Rancher candy
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

He believes it is a form of love.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?

Sorry

Take care

Goodbye

Hello
22 Why does Rose laugh when her client tells her her horse died of cancer?

She does not think it is something to cry about.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

She does not understand what she said.

Her daughter was actually her horse.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He killed a relative of hers.

He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He was one of Lan's clients.
24 Where does the family bury Lan?

In the United States

By a body of water in Hartford

In Vietnam

In the backyard
25 Which musical artist do Trevor and Little sing repeatedly?

Eminem

50 Cent

Snoop Dog

Lil Wayne

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