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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Murder

Drug overdose

Suicide

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 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?

A cardboard box

Trash bins

Free clothes

Wildflowers
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?

To become a playwright

To leave Trevor

To become an actor

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

1983

1970

1960

1967
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A pool

A farm

A school

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?

Tomatoes

Wheat

Basil

Beets
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 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?

Trevor's absence

Rose's death

Trevor's death

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

Mai

Lan

Rose

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 think they are gunshots.

They remind them of the war.

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 grades at school

His desire to become a writer

His mistakes
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 in love

To be a girl

To be a mother

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

A Jolly Rancher candy

Sushi

Go Cong rice

Fish
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

He believes it is a form of love.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?

Goodbye

Hello

Sorry

Take care
22 Why does Rose laugh when her client tells her her horse died of cancer?

She does not understand what she said.

She does not think it is something to cry about.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?

He killed a relative of hers.

He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He was one of Lan's clients.

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

In the backyard

By a body of water in Hartford

In Vietnam

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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