Packet J: Tossup 20

A butterfly rests on one of these objects as a cloud covers the sun in an anecdote related by the young protagonist’s uncle to end a 1957 novel. (10[1])In another novel, one of these (-5[1])objects “topples forward” and causes sparks to rain on a man in “engendering gusts” like a “thin (10[1])nimbus of fire.” While borrowing tools to dispose of one of these man-made objects, (10[1])a man returns with false teeth (10[1])and a woman (10[1])holding a graphophone. (10[6]-5[1])The creator of one of these objects (10[1])lists (-5[1])“animal (10[2])magnetism” (10[1])among thirteen reasons (10[1])why (10[1])he made it “on the bevel” (10[6])and wears (10[2])a cement (10[1])cast (10[1])after breaking his leg. (10[2]-5[1])A fire (-5[1])and a (10[1])river (10[1])crossing nearly destroy (-5[1])one of these objects (10[3]-5[1])amid a trek (10[1])by characters like Jewel, (10[2])Cash, (10[1]-5[1])and Vardaman. (10[6])For 10 points, (10[1])what sort of (10[1])man-made object (10[1])is (10[1])transported (-5[1])by the Bundren (-5[1])family (10[1]-5[2])in As (0[1])I (10[1]-5[1])Lay Dying? (10[2])■END■ (10[17]0[15])

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