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1 How does Trevor die?
Car accident

Murder

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 day

One week

One month

One year
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?
Lan leaves him for another man.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He found another woman.

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

Wildflowers

A cardboard box

Trash bins
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?
To become an actor

To attend school in NYC for writing

To leave Trevor

To become a playwright
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1960

1967

1970

1983
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?
A farm

A supermarket

A pool

A school
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?
Wheat

Basil

Tomatoes

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

Happy Thanksgiving

Merry Christmas

FAG4LIFE
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?
After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

After his father beat him

After Little Dog left for New York

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

Trevor's death

Trevor's absence

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

Paul

Lan

Rose
14 What does Little Dog witness while walking in Saigon?
A marriage

A baby dying

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 mistakes

His sexuality

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

A notebook

An ink pen

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

To be stupid

To be a mother

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

A Jolly Rancher candy

Go Cong rice

Fish
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?
Goodbye

Take care

Sorry

Hello
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 does not think it is something to cry about.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?
He killed a relative of hers.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He was one of Lan's clients.

He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.
24 Where does the family bury Lan?
By a body of water in Hartford

In the backyard

In the United States

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

Lil Wayne

50 Cent

Eminem

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