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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Drug overdose

Suicide

Murder

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

One week

One year

One day

One month
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

He doesn't love her anymore.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He found another woman.

Lan leaves him for another man.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?

Free clothes

Wildflowers

A cardboard box

Trash bins
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?

To attend school in NYC for writing

To leave Trevor

To become an actor

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

1970

1983

1960

1967
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A pool

A supermarket

A school

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

Prayad Marksaeng

Lebron James
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?

Tomatoes

Wheat

Beets

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

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

Happy Thanksgiving

FAG4LIFE
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?

After Little Dog left for New York

After his father beat him

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?

Lan's diagnosis

Rose's death

Trevor's absence

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

Rose

Mai

Lan

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

A group of monkeys

A marriage

A baby dying

A troupe of drag performers in a procession with a body in the streets
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?

They remind them of the war.

They think they are gunshots.

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 grades at school

His sexuality

His mistakes

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

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 mother

To be a girl
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?

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

He believes it is a form of love.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?

Sorry

Hello

Goodbye

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

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She does not think it is something to cry about.

She does not understand what she said.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He killed a relative of hers.

He was one of Lan's clients.

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

In Vietnam

In the United States

By a body of water in Hartford

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

Lil Wayne

50 Cent

Eminem

Snoop Dog

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