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1 How does Trevor die?
Drug overdose

Murder

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 year

One month

One day

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

He found another woman.

He doesn't love her anymore.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?
Wildflowers

Trash bins

A cardboard box

Free clothes
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?
To become a playwright

To attend school in NYC for writing

To leave Trevor

To become an actor
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1970

1967

1983

1960
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?
A school

A supermarket

A pool

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

Lebron James

Prayad Marksaeng

Thongchai Jaidee
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?
Beets

Wheat

Basil

Tomatoes
10 What does the narrator tell Rose has been spray painted on their door?
FAG4LIFE

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving
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 he came to terms with his sexuality

After his father beat him
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?
Mai

Lan

Paul

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

A baby dying

A group of monkeys

A troupe of drag performers in a procession with a body in the streets
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?
They remind them of the war.

They don't know it's a holiday.

They were not expecting it.

They think they are gunshots.
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?
An old knife

An ink pen

A Jolly Rancher candy

A notebook
18 On her deathbed, what does Lan tell her grandson is a stupid thing?
To be in love

To be stupid

To be a mother

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

Sushi

A Jolly Rancher candy

Fish
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?
It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

He believes it is a form of love.

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.
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?
She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

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?
By a body of water in Hartford

In the United States

In Vietnam

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

Eminem

50 Cent

Snoop Dog

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