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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 day

One week

One year
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?
His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He doesn't love her anymore.

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?
Wildflowers

Free clothes

Trash bins

A cardboard box
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?
To leave Trevor

To attend school in NYC for writing

To become an actor

To become a playwright
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1970

1967

1983

1960
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?
A farm

A supermarket

A school

A pool
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?
Happy Thanksgiving

Happy New Year

FAG4LIFE

Merry Christmas
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?
After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

After Little Dog left for New York

After his father beat him

After he came to terms with his sexuality
12 What makes Little Dog return to Hartford?
Rose's death

Trevor's absence

Lan's diagnosis

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

Paul

Mai

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 were not expecting it.

They remind them of the war.

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

His mistakes

His desire to become a writer

His sexuality
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?
An old knife

An ink pen

A notebook

A Jolly Rancher candy
18 On her deathbed, what does Lan tell her grandson is a stupid thing?
To be in love

To be a mother

To be a girl

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

Go Cong rice

Fish

A Jolly Rancher candy
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.

He believes it is a form of love.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?
Goodbye

Take care

Hello

Sorry
22 Why does Rose laugh when her client tells her her horse died of cancer?
She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She does not understand what she said.

She does not think it is something to cry about.
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

In Vietnam

In the United States

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

Snoop Dog

50 Cent

Eminem

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