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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Quiz 1

1 How does Trevor die?

Suicide

Drug overdose

Murder

Car accident
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 month

One week
3 Why does Paul leave Lan?

He found another woman.

His mother is diagnosed with TBC.

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?

Wildflowers

A cardboard box

Trash bins

Free clothes
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?

1970

1967

1960

1983
7 Where does Little Dog work for the summer?

A farm

A school

A supermarket

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

Thongchai Jaidee

Lebron James

Prayad Marksaeng

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?

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 Little Dog left for New York

After he broke his ankle and was prescribed OxyContin

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

Trevor's death

Rose's death

Lan's diagnosis

Trevor's absence
13 Who does Little Dog video call in Saigon?

Rose

Paul

Mai

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

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

A marriage

A baby dying

A group of monkeys
15 Why do the fireworks trigger Rose and Lan?

They think they are gunshots.

They were not expecting it.

They remind them of the war.

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?

An ink pen

A Jolly Rancher candy

A notebook

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

To be a girl

To be a mother

To be in love

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

Fish

A Jolly Rancher candy

Sushi

Go Cong rice
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.

Trevor tells him he cannot be intimate without being violent.

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

Sorry

Take care

Goodbye

Hello
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 thinks Americans are self-indulgent.

She does not think it is something to cry about.
23 What does Lan reveal about Paul?

He is not the narrator's blood grandfather.

He killed a relative of hers.

He used to physically abuse Lan.

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

In Vietnam

By a body of water in Hartford

In the United States

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

50 Cent

Snoop Dog

Eminem

Lil Wayne

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