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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Murder

Suicide

Car accident

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 day

One week

One year
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

Lan leaves him for another man.

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?

Trash bins

Wildflowers

Free clothes

A cardboard box
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

1967

1960
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A pool

A farm

A supermarket

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

Tiger Woods

Lebron James

Thongchai Jaidee

Prayad Marksaeng
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?

Happy Thanksgiving

FAG4LIFE

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas
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 death

Rose's death

Lan's diagnosis

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

Paul

Lan

Mai

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 marriage

A baby dying
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?

They don't know it's a holiday.

They were not expecting it.

They think they are gunshots.

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

His sexuality

His grades at school

His desire to become a writer

His mistakes
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?

An old knife

A notebook

A Jolly Rancher candy

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

To be a girl

To be stupid

To be in love

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

A Jolly Rancher candy

Go Cong rice

Fish

Sushi
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

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

Hello

Take care

Sorry

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

She does not understand what she said.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

She does not think it is something to cry about.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?

He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He was one of Lan's clients.

He killed a relative of hers.
24 Where does the family bury Lan?

In Vietnam

In the United States

In the backyard

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

Lil Wayne

Snoop Dog

Eminem

50 Cent

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