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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Murder

Car accident

Drug overdose

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

One week

One month

One day

One year
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He found another woman.

Lan leaves him for another man.

He doesn't love her anymore.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?

Wildflowers

Free clothes

Trash bins

A cardboard box
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?

To attend school in NYC for writing

To become an actor

To leave Trevor

To become a playwright
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?

1960

1967

1970

1983
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A pool

A school

A supermarket

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

Prayad Marksaeng

Thongchai Jaidee

Lebron James

Tiger Woods
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 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

Lan's diagnosis

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

Mai

Rose

Paul

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

A marriage

A baby dying

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

A group of monkeys
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?

They were not expecting it.

They remind them of the war.

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 mistakes

His desire to become a writer

His grades at school

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

A Jolly Rancher candy

An ink pen

A notebook

An old knife
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 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?

Goodbye

Sorry

Hello

Take care
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.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

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 killed a relative of hers.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

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

In the United States

In Vietnam

By a body of water in Hartford

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

Snoop Dog

Eminem

Lil Wayne

50 Cent

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