Question

Former child model Luz Dunn squats in this U.S. state in a dystopian 2015 novel by Claire Vaye Watkins. While searching for a missing boy named Christopher Robin, the narrator of a work set in this state encounters and hooks up with a drug dealer nicknamed “Deadeye.” The community of Acorn (15[1])is founded in this state (15[1])at the end of Octavia Butler’s novel Parable (15[1])of the Sower. (15[2])A book’s (15[2])section of (*) “Life Styles” in this state includes (10[1])an essay that opens, (10[1])“The center was not holding.” (10[3])The narrator remembers (10[2])how a preschool-aged (10[2])child in this state (10[1])was given (10[1])LSD (10[3])in her essay about her (10[1])experiences in a city in this state’s Haight-Ashbury (10[2])district. (10[2])For 10 points, name this state chronicled in The White Album and other essays by Joan Didion. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: California [prompt on Golden State or Golden Land] (Claire Vaye Watkins' novel is Gold Fame Citrus.)
<Darren Petrosino, American Literature>
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Oliver WuOklahoma ATexas B5015
Mitchell ShaddenTexas AOklahoma B5515
Nathan ZhangCornell BRutgers6315
Erik ChristensenLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesToronto Rofl6615
Ben Russell JonesFour Neg OmeletteBroken Hearts6615
Eric GunterUNC BDuke A6815
Khushi UmarwadiaUSC AUSC B6815
Michał GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley B7610
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Ben WismathToronto JoyWaterloo Miku8510
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Kevin YeBerkeley CBerkeley A8510
Sky LiToronto WearyLa Clique du Château8810
David BassJHU AColumbia A8810
Katherine LeiMITBrandeis9110
Cade ReinbergerRITCornell A9110
Thomas Hart10 Negs that Shook the QuizOld London Town9510
George CharlsonScottish, Irish, Both or NeitherBetrayed by Rita Izzatdust9710
Sean FarrellNorth FloridaFSU A9810
Anish KodaliUNC CUNC A9810
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Michael Mays3HK1MMTabearnacle10310
Jeffrey FungHarvardTufts11110
Jamie Keschner-LycettYes, ModeratorFoucault's Penndulum11110
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