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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 month

One day

One week

One year
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?
His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He found another woman.

Lan leaves him for another man.

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 become a playwright

To become an actor

To leave Trevor

To attend school in NYC for writing
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1970

1960

1983

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

A farm

A supermarket

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

Lebron James

Prayad Marksaeng

Thongchai Jaidee
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?
Happy Thanksgiving

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

FAG4LIFE
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?
After his father beat him

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

After Little Dog left for New York

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

Trevor's death

Rose's death

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

Paul

Mai

Rose
14 What does Little Dog witness while walking in Saigon?
A marriage

A baby dying

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

A group of monkeys
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 sexuality

His mistakes

His desire to become a writer

His grades at school
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?
A Jolly Rancher candy

A notebook

An ink pen

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

To be a mother

To be a girl

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

Fish

Go Cong rice

Sushi
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?
He believes it is a form of love.

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.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?
Sorry

Goodbye

Hello

Take care
22 Why does Rose laugh when her client tells her her horse died of cancer?
She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She does not think it is something to cry about.

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 is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He used to physically abuse Lan.
24 Where does the family bury Lan?
In Vietnam

In the United States

In the backyard

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

50 Cent

Lil Wayne

Eminem

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