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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?
Drug overdose

Suicide

Car accident

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

One day

One week

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

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He doesn't love her anymore.

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 become an actor

To become a playwright

To attend school in NYC for writing

To leave Trevor
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1967

1983

1970

1960
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

Tiger Woods

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

Tomatoes

Beets

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

Happy New Year

FAG4LIFE

Merry Christmas
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?
After he came to terms with his sexuality

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

After his father beat him

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

Trevor's absence

Rose's death

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

Paul

Rose

Lan
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 marriage

A baby dying
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?
They think they are gunshots.

They don't know it's a holiday.

They were not expecting it.

They remind them of the war.
16 What does Little Dog reveal to his mother at Dunkin' Donuts?
His grades at school

His sexuality

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 stupid

To be a mother

To be in love

To be a girl
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?
It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

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.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?
Hello

Goodbye

Sorry

Take care
22 Why does Rose laugh when her client tells her her horse died of cancer?
Her daughter was actually her horse.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

She does not think it is something to cry about.

She does not understand what she said.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?
He used to physically abuse Lan.

He killed a relative of hers.

He was one of Lan's clients.

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

In the United States

In the backyard

By a body of water in Hartford
25 Which musical artist do Trevor and Little sing repeatedly?
50 Cent

Snoop Dog

Eminem

Lil Wayne

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