Packet J: Tossup 16

In a story by this author, a depressed adult still dreams about a dark hill road he walked down when he was eight after hanging out at the minecarts. In a story by this author, a character believes that he can still see the perfect painting of a mountain in his head despite being disappointed by the sight of the supposed real painting. (-5[1])A novel by this author (10[1])imagines (-5[1])a society that worships Lifeism and gives fetuses the option (10[2])to be born or (-5[1])not. (10[3])A story by this (10[1])author (-5[1])is presented as a sequence of testimonies to the High Police Commissioner, (10[1])with the (10[1])last (10[2])presented by (10[1])a medium. (10[8])An (10[1])old (10[1])woman (10[7])robs (10[2])the (10[2])hair (10[4])from (10[1])corpses (10[10])to make (10[4])wigs (10[4])and has (10[1])her (-5[1])clothes (10[2])robbed (10[1])by a (-5[1])young (10[1])man sheltering from the rain (10[2])in a story by this author. (10[2])For 10 points, name this author of “In a Grove” (10[1])and “Rashomon.” (10[3])■END■ (10[8]0[8])

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