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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Drug overdose

Suicide

Car accident

Murder
2 How long does it take for Paul and Lan to get married after meeting each other for the first time?

One week

One day

One month

One year
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

He found another woman.

He doesn't love her anymore.

Lan leaves him for another man.

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 leave Trevor

To become a playwright

To attend school in NYC for writing

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 farm

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

Thongchai Jaidee

Lebron James

Tiger Woods

Prayad Marksaeng
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?

Basil

Tomatoes

Beets

Wheat
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 Little Dog left for New York

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

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

Rose's death

Trevor's absence

Trevor's death

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

Mai

Rose

Lan

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

A group of monkeys

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

A marriage

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 grades at school

His sexuality

His desire to become a writer
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?

An ink pen

A Jolly Rancher candy

An old knife

A notebook
18 On her deathbed, what does Lan tell her grandson is a stupid thing?

To be a mother

To be stupid

To be a girl

To be in love
19 What is the last thing Lan asks for before she dies?

A Jolly Rancher candy

Go Cong rice

Sushi

Fish
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

He believes it is a form of love.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?

Goodbye

Hello

Take care

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

She does not think it is something to cry about.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

She does not understand what she said.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?

He was one of Lan's clients.

He killed a relative of hers.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

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

In the United States

In the backyard

By a body of water in Hartford

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

50 Cent

Eminem

Snoop Dog

Lil Wayne

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