Question

In one novel, a boy in one of these locations burns curtains to get back at his father, who had beaten him for stealing a dollar. The protagonist of another novel learns that her mother Mabel couldn’t come back to one of these locations because she died from a snakebite. In one of these locations, the protagonist is tortured by Rufus Weylind after she time-travels there. It’s not a house, but a woman in one novel slits the throat of her (*) daughter in a woodshed to avoid returning to one of these locations. (10[2]-5[1])The sadistic Schoolteacher manages one of these locations named for Sweet Home, which the inhabitants of 124 Bluestone Road escape from in Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved. For 10 points, Cora and Caesar escape from what type of location in Colson Whitehead’s novel The Underground Railroad where they had been slaves? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: slave plantation [prompt on house before mentioned; prompt on bedroom before “Mabel” is read, reject after]
<AK, American Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangCornell EarthColumbia Ly-α92-5
Nathan ZhangCornell WindCornell Fire9210
Cade ReinbergerRITRochester A9210
Forrest WeintraubColumbia Ly-αCornell Earth14310
Raza AliRochester CRochester B14310

Summary

2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y4100%0%25%117.50
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite)2023-10-21Y8100%38%13%79.63