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1 How does Trevor die?
Murder

Drug overdose

Car accident

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

One day

One month

One week
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?
Lan leaves him for another man.

He doesn't love her anymore.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

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 leave Trevor

To attend school in NYC for writing

To become a playwright

To become an actor
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1960

1983

1970

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

A pool

A farm

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

Lebron James

Thongchai Jaidee

Prayad Marksaeng
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?
Beets

Tomatoes

Wheat

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 he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

After Little Dog left for New York

After his father beat him

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

Rose's death

Lan's diagnosis

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

Lan

Mai

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

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

A baby dying

A group of monkeys
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?
They think they are gunshots.

They remind them of the war.

They were not expecting it.

They don't know it's a holiday.
16 What does Little Dog reveal to his mother at Dunkin' Donuts?
His desire to become a writer

His grades at school

His mistakes

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

An old knife

A notebook

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

To be a mother

To be in love

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

Go Cong rice

Sushi

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 believes it is a form of love.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?
Take care

Hello

Goodbye

Sorry
22 Why does Rose laugh when her client tells her her horse died of cancer?
She does not think it is something to cry about.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

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 is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He was one of Lan's clients.

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

By a body of water in Hartford

In the United States

In Vietnam
25 Which musical artist do Trevor and Little sing repeatedly?
Lil Wayne

50 Cent

Eminem

Snoop Dog

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