Question
A story by this author ends with a foul-mouthed woman driving the protagonist to a Greyhound station in her pickup truck and musing on the title waterway. In a novel by this author, a group of boys steal a character’s keys and demand that she kiss each of them to get them back. The protagonist of a novel by this author explains that her name means “hope” in one language, but “sadness” in another. A character created by this author is abandoned by her more (*) sexually mature friend Sally at a carnival, which leads to her being sexually assaulted. A novel by this author is told in vignettes and chronicles a year in the life of Esperanza Cordero after her family moves to the title location. For 10 points, what Chicana author wrote The House on Mango Street? ■END■
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 33 | 85% | 36% | 0% | 89.61 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Brielle Rach | Rockford Auburn B | Elkhorn North | 48 | 20 |
Riona Duncan | Walter Payton | Innovation Academy A | 52 | 20 |
John Hines-Shah | Hinsdale Central | Thomas Jefferson C | 52 | 20 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Saint Joseph | 57 | 20 |
Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | Mexico | 67 | 20 |
Vincent Wang | Irvington A | Barrington B | 70 | 20 |
Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Stevenson A | 70 | 20 |
Evan Schleck | Hunter A | Thomas Jefferson B | 71 | 20 |
Dillon Robertson | Carbondale | John Adams A | 73 | 20 |
Anila Moparthi | Lincoln-Way East | John Adams B | 73 | 20 |
Grace Sun | Stevenson B | Thomas Jefferson D | 73 | 0 |
Aditya Shivaswamy | St. Mark's | Detroit Catholic Central A | 78 | 20 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Chattahoochee A | 79 | 20 |
Fahian Joy | Hunter B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 79 | 0 |
Alvin Guo | Winston Churchill A | Dallas County | 88 | 10 |
Alex Stumbur | Dunbar | Winston Churchill B | 88 | 0 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Mira Loma | 88 | 10 |
Bharathi Kancharla | Maggie Walker B | Moberly | 91 | 10 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | Detroit Catholic Central B | 91 | 10 |
Arthur Gayden | Detroit Country Day | Johns Creek A | 91 | 10 |
Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Troy | 91 | 10 |
Ali Hamzeh | Kinkaid | Solon | 95 | 10 |
Brodie Henry | West Point | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 95 | 10 |
Omkar Marathe | William Fremd | Richard Montgomery | 97 | 10 |
Ave Rieger | Northmont A | Chattahoochee B | 98 | 10 |
Charles Heydt | Midtown | Rockford Auburn A | 106 | 0 |
Owen Arneson | Parkway West | Hoover B | 119 | 10 |
Vien Nguyen | Maggie Walker A | Norris | 125 | 10 |
Lily Thai | New Brighton | Johns Creek B | 137 | 10 |
Colette Kendrick | Winston Churchill B | Dunbar | 137 | 10 |
Luca Balescu | Mercer County | Heights | 138 | 0 |
Joseph Harrison | Detroit Catholic Central C | Hunter B | 138 | 10 |
Coby Thammavong | Rockford Auburn A | Midtown | 138 | 10 |
David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Northmont B | 138 | 0 |
Kyan van Beek | Lake Highland | Maggie Walker C | 138 | 0 |
Bryce Cruise | Heights | Mercer County | 138 | 0 |
Varun Venkatagiri | Innovation Academy B | Waukee | 138 | 0 |