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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?
Drug overdose

Car accident

Murder

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 week

One month

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

He found another woman.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

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

A cardboard box

Free clothes

Wildflowers
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?
To attend school in NYC for writing

To leave Trevor

To become a playwright

To become an actor
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1983

1967

1960

1970
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?
A pool

A school

A supermarket

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

Lebron James

Prayad Marksaeng

Tiger Woods
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?
Beets

Basil

Tomatoes

Wheat
10 What does the narrator tell Rose has been spray painted on their door?
Happy Thanksgiving

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

FAG4LIFE
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?
Lan's diagnosis

Trevor's death

Trevor's absence

Rose's death
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 marriage

A group of monkeys

A baby dying
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?
They think they are gunshots.

They don't know it's a holiday.

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 grades at school

His mistakes

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 a mother

To be in love

To be a girl

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

Fish

A Jolly Rancher candy

Go Cong rice
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.

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.
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.

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 killed a relative of hers.

He was one of Lan's clients.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.
24 Where does the family bury Lan?
In Vietnam

In the backyard

In the United States

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

Lil Wayne

Snoop Dog

50 Cent

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