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1 How does Trevor die?
Murder

Car accident

Suicide

Drug overdose
2 How long does it take for Paul and Lan to get married after meeting each other for the first time?
One day

One year

One week

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

He found another woman.

He doesn't love her anymore.

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

Trash bins

Free clothes

Wildflowers
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?
To attend school in NYC for writing

To become a playwright

To become an actor

To leave Trevor
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1970

1960

1967

1983
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?
A supermarket

A farm

A school

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

Tiger Woods

Prayad Marksaeng

Thongchai Jaidee
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?
Beets

Wheat

Tomatoes

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

FAG4LIFE

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy New Year
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?
After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

After his father beat him

After he came to terms with his sexuality

After Little Dog left for New York
12 What makes Little Dog return to Hartford?
Trevor's death

Rose's death

Trevor's absence

Lan's diagnosis
13 Who does Little Dog video call in Saigon?
Mai

Paul

Lan

Rose
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 marriage

A baby dying

A group of monkeys
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?
They don't know it's a holiday.

They were not expecting it.

They remind them of the war.

They think they are gunshots.
16 What does Little Dog reveal to his mother at Dunkin' Donuts?
His desire to become a writer

His mistakes

His sexuality

His grades at school
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?
An old knife

A notebook

A Jolly Rancher candy

An ink pen
18 On her deathbed, what does Lan tell her grandson is a stupid thing?
To be a mother

To be stupid

To be a girl

To be in love
19 What is the last thing Lan asks for before she dies?
Go Cong rice

A Jolly Rancher candy

Fish

Sushi
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?
Goodbye

Take care

Hello

Sorry
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 does not think it is something to cry about.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?
He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He was one of Lan's clients.

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

By a body of water in Hartford

In the United States

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

Lil Wayne

Snoop Dog

Eminem

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