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1 How does Trevor die?
Suicide

Drug overdose

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 day

One month

One week

One year
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?
A cardboard box

Wildflowers

Trash bins

Free clothes
5 Why does Little Dog leave Hartford?
To leave Trevor

To attend school in NYC for writing

To become an actor

To become a playwright
6 What year did Paul meet Lan?
1970

1967

1960

1983
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?
A school

A farm

A pool

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

Lebron James

Thongchai Jaidee

Tiger Woods
9 What do Little Dog and Paul harvest?
Wheat

Beets

Basil

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

Merry Christmas

Happy Thanksgiving

FAG4LIFE
11 When did Trevor's opioid addiction begin?
After his father beat him

After he came to terms with his sexuality

After Little Dog left for New York

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin
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?
Lan

Paul

Rose

Mai
14 What does Little Dog witness while walking in Saigon?
A group of monkeys

A marriage

A baby dying

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 mistakes

His grades at school

His desire to become a writer
17 What does Little Dog find in an old pocket in his closet?
An ink pen

An old knife

A Jolly Rancher candy

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

To be in love

To be a girl

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

A Jolly Rancher candy

Sushi

Fish
20 Why does the narrator feel okay with Trevor's sexual aggressiveness?
He thinks it is the only way to be intimate.

It reminds him of his mother's abuse.

He believes it is a form of love.

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

Goodbye

Hello

Sorry
22 Why does Rose laugh when her client tells her her horse died of cancer?
She does not understand what she said.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

She does not think it is something to cry about.

She thinks Americans are self-indulgent.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?
He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He was one of Lan's clients.

He killed a relative of hers.

He used to physically abuse Lan.
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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