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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 month

One day

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?
A cardboard box

Free clothes

Wildflowers

Trash bins
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

1960

1970

1967
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?
A school

A pool

A supermarket

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

Prayad Marksaeng

Thongchai Jaidee

Lebron James
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?
Wheat

Beets

Tomatoes

Basil
10 What does the narrator tell Rose has been spray painted on their door?
FAG4LIFE

Merry Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy New Year
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?
After his father beat him

After Little Dog left for New York

After he came to terms with his sexuality

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin
12 What makes Little Dog return to Hartford?
Trevor's death

Lan's diagnosis

Trevor's absence

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

A group of monkeys

A marriage

A baby dying
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?
They were not expecting it.

They remind them of the war.

They think they are gunshots.

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?
An ink pen

A Jolly Rancher candy

A notebook

An old knife
18 On her deathbed, what does Lan tell her grandson is a stupid thing?
To be in love

To be stupid

To be a girl

To be a mother
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.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

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?
Sorry

Take care

Hello

Goodbye
22 Why does Rose laugh when her client tells her her horse died of cancer?
She does not understand what she said.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She does not think it is something to cry about.
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?
By a body of water in Hartford

In the United States

In the backyard

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

Eminem

50 Cent

Snoop Dog

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