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1 How does Trevor die?
Car accident

Drug overdose

Suicide

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 week

One year

One day
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?
He found another woman.

Lan leaves him for another man.

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

Free clothes

A cardboard box

Trash bins
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?
To leave Trevor

To become a playwright

To become an actor

To attend school in NYC for writing
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1970

1960

1967

1983
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?
Lebron James

Tiger Woods

Thongchai Jaidee

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

Wheat

Beets

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

Merry Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy New Year
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?
Rose's death

Trevor's absence

Trevor's death

Lan's diagnosis
13 Who does Little Dog video call in Saigon?
Paul

Lan

Rose

Mai
14 What does Little Dog witness while walking in Saigon?
A baby dying

A group of monkeys

A marriage

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 were not expecting it.

They don't know it's a holiday.

They think they are gunshots.
16 What does Little Dog reveal to his mother at Dunkin' Donuts?
His desire to become a writer

His sexuality

His mistakes

His grades at school
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?
An ink pen

A notebook

An old knife

A Jolly Rancher candy
18 On her deathbed, what does Lan tell her grandson is a stupid thing?
To be a mother

To be a girl

To be stupid

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.

He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.
21 What word does the narrator begin using to express a multitude of sentiments?
Hello

Goodbye

Take care

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.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She does not understand what she said.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?
He killed a relative of hers.

He was one of Lan's clients.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.
24 Where does the family bury Lan?
By a body of water in Hartford

In the backyard

In Vietnam

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

50 Cent

Eminem

Snoop Dog

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