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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Car accident

Suicide

Murder

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 month

One year

One week
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

Lan leaves him for another man.

He doesn't love her anymore.

He found another woman.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?

A cardboard box

Free clothes

Trash bins

Wildflowers
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?

To attend school in NYC for writing

To become an actor

To become a playwright

To leave Trevor
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?

1967

1960

1970

1983
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A school

A farm

A supermarket

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

Lebron James

Tiger Woods

Thongchai Jaidee

Prayad Marksaeng
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

FAG4LIFE

Merry Christmas

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

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

After his father beat him

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?

Paul

Rose

Lan

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

A marriage

A baby dying

A troupe of drag performers in a procession with a body in the streets

A group of monkeys
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?

They remind them of the war.

They think they are gunshots.

They were not expecting it.

They don't know it's a holiday.
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?

A notebook

A Jolly Rancher candy

An ink pen

An old knife
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?

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

He believes it is a form of love.

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?

Take care

Hello

Goodbye

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

She does not understand what she said.

She does not think it is something to cry about.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

Her daughter was actually her horse.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?

He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He killed a relative of hers.

He was one of Lan's clients.

He used to physically abuse Lan.
24 Where does the family bury Lan?

By a body of water in Hartford

In Vietnam

In the backyard

In the United States
25 Which musical artist do Trevor and Little sing repeatedly?

50 Cent

Eminem

Lil Wayne

Snoop Dog

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