Question

A man’s only visitor to his shack is this character, where he tells her “Always, always” and keeps the purple-and-white belt she left behind. (10[1]-5[1])This character (10[1])has a birthmark that is alternately described (10[1])as resembling a stemmed rose, a snake, (10[1])and her mother’s ashes. (10[1])This character realizes she knew nothing about her lover when she discovers from his driver’s license that his real name is Albert Jacks. As a child, this character cuts off her fingertip with a knife (10[1])to scare off four Irish boys (10[1])from bullying her. A “plague of robins” accompanies (-5[1])this character’s (10[1])return to the town of Medallion. This character’s (10[1])senile grandmother Eva conflates her with the narrator (-5[1])when recalling (-5[1])an accident during which this character drowned Chicken Little in the river. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this (10[2])best friend of Nel Wright and resident (10[1])of the Bottom who titles a novel by (10[1])Toni (10[1])Morrison. (10[2])■END■ (10[4]0[3])

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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2496%0%17%106.87

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Halle FriedmanNYU AColumbia B23-5
Andrew HannaVanderbilt ARutgers B2310
Daniel SheinbergYale AChicago A2510
Raymond WangCornell AGeorgia Tech A3210
Julian GatchSouth Carolina AClaremont A3910
Tracy MirkinFlorida AStanford A4310
Karsten RynearsonYale BWUSTL B7810
Mitch McCullarIllinois AIowa State A8410
Caleb KendrickMaryland ADuke A92-5
Maxwell YeMinnesota AChicago C9410
Rodrigo RoseMIT AUC Berkeley A10210
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AOhio State A110-5
Jim FanNorth Carolina ACornell B112-5
Amogh KulkarniChicago BBrown A12410
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BPurdue A12410
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BVirginia A12710
Puna EkkaMinnesota BJohns Hopkins A12910
Darren PetrosinoRutgers AMcGill A12910
Jisoo YooTexas AHarvard A13610
Noah SheidlowerColumbia AToronto A14410
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AIndiana A14510
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn APenn State A14610
Clark SmithOhio State AWUSTL A14610
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BHouston A1470
Todd MaslykMichigan AImperial A1470
Jerry LinDuke AMaryland A14710
William GrogerColumbia BNYU A14710
Rosa XiaCornell BNorth Carolina A14710
Sean DoyleHouston AFlorida B1470
Enoch YuenImperial AMichigan A14710