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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Drug overdose

Murder

Suicide

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

One month

One week

One year

One day
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?

Wildflowers

Free clothes

A cardboard box

Trash bins
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?

To leave Trevor

To become an actor

To attend school in NYC for writing

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

1983

1970

1967

1960
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A supermarket

A school

A pool

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

Tiger Woods

Thongchai Jaidee

Lebron James

Prayad Marksaeng
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?

Beets

Tomatoes

Basil

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

FAG4LIFE

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

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

After his father beat him

After he came to terms with his sexuality

After Little Dog left for New York

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

Lan's diagnosis

Trevor's absence

Trevor's death

Rose's death
13 Who does Little Dog video call in Saigon?

Lan

Mai

Paul

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 were not expecting it.

They don't know it's a holiday.

They think they are gunshots.

They remind them of the war.
16 What does Little Dog reveal to his mother at Dunkin' Donuts?

His sexuality

His desire to become a writer

His grades at school

His mistakes
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?

A notebook

An old knife

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?

A Jolly Rancher candy

Go Cong rice

Fish

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

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

He believes it is a form of love.

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

Sorry

Take care

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

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She does not understand what she said.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

She does not think it is something to cry about.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?

He was one of Lan's clients.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He killed a relative of hers.
24 Where does the family bury Lan?

In the United States

In the backyard

In Vietnam

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

Eminem

Lil Wayne

50 Cent

Snoop Dog

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