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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 year

One day

One week

One month
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

He doesn't love her anymore.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He found another woman.

Lan leaves him for another man.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?

Free clothes

Wildflowers

Trash bins

A cardboard box
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?

To become an actor

To attend school in NYC for writing

To leave Trevor

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

1960

1983

1967

1970
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A pool

A supermarket

A school

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

Lebron James

Prayad Marksaeng

Thongchai Jaidee

Tiger Woods
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?

Tomatoes

Basil

Beets

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

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

FAG4LIFE

Happy Thanksgiving
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?

After Little Dog left for New York

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

After his father beat him

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?

Rose

Paul

Mai

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

A baby dying

A marriage

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 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 sexuality

His desire to become a writer

His grades at school

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

A notebook

A Jolly Rancher candy

An old knife

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

To be a mother

To be a girl

To be in love

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

A Jolly Rancher candy

Go Cong rice

Fish

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

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

He believes it is a form of love.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.
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.

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 is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

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

In the United States

In the backyard

By a body of water in Hartford

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

Snoop Dog

Lil Wayne

50 Cent

Eminem

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