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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Drug overdose

Murder

Car accident

Suicide
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 month

One week
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

He doesn't love her anymore.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He found another woman.

Lan leaves him for another man.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?

A cardboard box

Wildflowers

Free clothes

Trash bins
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?

To leave Trevor

To attend school in NYC for writing

To become a playwright

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

1960

1970

1967

1983
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A school

A pool

A farm

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

Tiger Woods

Prayad Marksaeng

Thongchai Jaidee

Lebron James
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?

Beets

Tomatoes

Wheat

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

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving

FAG4LIFE
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

Trevor's absence

Lan's diagnosis

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

Rose

Mai

Paul

Lan
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 marriage

A group of monkeys

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

They think they are gunshots.

They remind them of the war.

They don't know it's a holiday.

They were not expecting it.
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?

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 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?

Fish

Go Cong rice

Sushi

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

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

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?

Goodbye

Sorry

Hello

Take care
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 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 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

Snoop Dog

50 Cent

Lil Wayne

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