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1 How does Trevor die?
Murder

Car accident

Drug overdose

Suicide
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?
His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

He found another woman.

Lan leaves him for another man.

He doesn't love her anymore.
4 When Lan tells Little Dog to cross the fence, what does she want him to take?
A cardboard box

Free clothes

Trash bins

Wildflowers
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?
1983

1970

1967

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

A pool

A farm

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?
Beets

Wheat

Tomatoes

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

Merry Christmas

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?
Mai

Lan

Paul

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

A group of monkeys

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

A marriage
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 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 in love

To be a girl

To be a mother

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

Fish

Sushi

A Jolly Rancher candy
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

Sorry

Goodbye

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

She does not think it is something to cry about.

Her daughter was actually her horse.

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

He used to physically abuse Lan.

He killed a relative of hers.

He was one of Lan's clients.
24 Where does the family bury Lan?
In the backyard

In Vietnam

In the United States

By a body of water in Hartford
25 Which musical artist do Trevor and Little sing repeatedly?
50 Cent

Lil Wayne

Eminem

Snoop Dog

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