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Packet K: Bonus 8

A character in a novel by this author realizes that he is a “figure in a story told by someone else. Not I” as he stays at a bed and breakfast in an English seaside town. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Nobel-Prize-winning Tanzanian author who wrote about Saleh Omar seeking asylum in England in his novel By the Sea.
ANSWER: Abdulrazak Gurnah
[10e] Obinze takes a job cleaning toilets after immigrating to England and separating from Ifemelu in Americanah, a novel by this author known for her TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story.”
ANSWER: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
[10m] In this novel, the protagonist can only say “sorry” and “thank you” after first moving to London. That protagonist later sews clothing from materials brought to her from Chanu and Karim.
ANSWER: Brick Lane
<Swarthmore A, World Literature> | Packet K - UCF A, Notre Dame B, Durham A, Michigan State A, Swarthmore A, Cambridge B

HeardPPBE %M %H %
6016.0093%28%38%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
BrownBrandeis B1010020HE
Dartmouth BBowdoin A0000
Harvard ABrandeis A10101030HEM
MITBowdoin B10101030HEM
Southern Connecticut StateHarvard B010010E
YaleDartmouth A10101030HEM

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
California (South)Main Site✓417.50100%50%25%
CanadaMain Site✓1214.17100%17%25%
Great LakesMain Site✓412.50100%25%0%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓916.6789%33%44%
NortheastMain Site✓620.0083%50%67%
OverflowMain Site✓316.67100%0%67%
SoutheastMain Site✓813.7588%38%13%
UKMain Site✓616.67100%17%50%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓817.5088%25%63%