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1 How does Trevor die?
Murder

Suicide

Car accident

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

One year

One week

One day
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?
He doesn't love her anymore.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

Lan leaves him for another man.

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

Free clothes

Wildflowers

A cardboard box
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?
1960

1983

1967

1970
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?
A pool

A farm

A supermarket

A school
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?
Beets

Tomatoes

Basil

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

FAG4LIFE

Happy New Year

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

After Little Dog left for New York

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?
Trevor's death

Lan's diagnosis

Trevor's absence

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

Paul

Mai

Lan
14 What does Little Dog witness while walking in Saigon?
A baby dying

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

A marriage

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

They remind them of the war.

They think they are gunshots.

They were not expecting it.
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?
A Jolly Rancher candy

A notebook

An old knife

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

To be a girl

To be in love

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

A Jolly Rancher candy

Sushi

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

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.

She does not think it is something to cry about.

She does not understand what she said.

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 is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

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

By a body of water in Hartford

In the backyard

In the United States
25 Which musical artist do Trevor and Little sing repeatedly?
Lil Wayne

Snoop Dog

50 Cent

Eminem

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