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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Car accident

Suicide

Murder

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

One year

One week

One month

One day
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He found another woman.

He doesn't love her anymore.

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

A cardboard box

Wildflowers

Free clothes

Trash bins
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?

To attend school in NYC for writing

To become a playwright

To become an actor

To leave Trevor
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?

1967

1970

1983

1960
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A farm

A supermarket

A pool

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

Tiger Woods

Thongchai Jaidee

Lebron James

Prayad Marksaeng
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?

Wheat

Beets

Tomatoes

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

Merry Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving

FAG4LIFE

Happy New Year
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

After he came to terms with his sexuality

After Little Dog left for New York

After his father beat him
12 What makes Little Dog return to Hartford?

Lan's diagnosis

Trevor's absence

Trevor's death

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

Paul

Mai

Lan

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

A group of monkeys

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

A marriage

A baby dying
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?

They think they are gunshots.

They were not expecting it.

They don't know it's a holiday.

They remind them of the war.
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 notebook

An ink pen

An old knife

A Jolly Rancher candy
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?

Fish

Sushi

A Jolly Rancher candy

Go Cong rice
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

He believes it is a form of love.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?

Hello

Sorry

Goodbye

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

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She does not understand what she said.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

She does not think it is something to cry about.
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 Vietnam

In the backyard

By a body of water in Hartford

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

Eminem

50 Cent

Snoop Dog

Lil Wayne

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