On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Quizzes

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Suicide

Drug overdose

Car accident

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

One day

One year

One week

One month
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

Lan leaves him for another man.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He doesn't love her anymore.

He found another woman.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?

Wildflowers

Free clothes

A cardboard box

Trash bins
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?

To become an actor

To attend school in NYC for writing

To become a playwright

To leave Trevor
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?

1983

1970

1967

1960
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A farm

A pool

A school

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

Thongchai Jaidee

Tiger Woods
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?

Tomatoes

Beets

Wheat

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

FAG4LIFE

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

Happy Thanksgiving
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?

After his father beat him

After he came to terms with his sexuality

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

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

Lan's diagnosis

Rose's death

Trevor's absence

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

Rose

Paul

Lan

Mai
14 What does Little Dog witness while walking in Saigon?

A baby dying

A marriage

A group of monkeys

A troupe of drag performers in a procession with a body in the streets
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?

They don't know it's a holiday.

They think they are gunshots.

They were not expecting it.

They remind them of the war.
16 What does Little Dog reveal to his mother at Dunkin' Donuts?

His desire to become a writer

His grades at school

His mistakes

His sexuality
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 a mother

To be in love

To be a girl

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

Sushi

A Jolly Rancher candy

Fish

Go Cong rice
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

He believes it is a form of love.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?

Sorry

Hello

Take care

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

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She does not think it is something to cry about.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

She does not understand what she said.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He was one of Lan's clients.

He killed a relative of hers.

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

In the backyard

By a body of water in Hartford

In the United States

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

Eminem

50 Cent

Lil Wayne

Snoop Dog

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