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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 month

One day

One year

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

Lan leaves him for another man.

He doesn't love her anymore.

He found another woman.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?
Trash bins

A cardboard box

Free clothes

Wildflowers
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?
To become an actor

To leave Trevor

To become a playwright

To attend school in NYC for writing
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1960

1970

1983

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

A pool

A school

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

Prayad Marksaeng

Tiger Woods
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?
Tomatoes

Basil

Beets

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

Merry Christmas

FAG4LIFE

Happy New Year
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

Rose's death

Trevor's death

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

Mai

Lan

Paul
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 baby dying

A marriage
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?
They remind them of the war.

They were not expecting it.

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 grades at school

His desire to become a writer

His mistakes

His sexuality
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?
An ink pen

A notebook

An old knife

A Jolly Rancher candy
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?
Sushi

Fish

Go Cong rice

A Jolly Rancher candy
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?
Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

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?
Goodbye

Take care

Hello

Sorry
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.

She does not think it is something to cry about.

Her daughter was actually her horse.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?
He was one of Lan's clients.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He killed a relative of hers.

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

In Vietnam

In the United States

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

Lil Wayne

Eminem

Snoop Dog

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