Question

A character of this ethnicity loses contact with his eldest son, who joins the Brown Fists gang, and becomes homeless after discovering Grace hanged herself. A character who is partly this ethnicity lives in ■END■

ANSWER: Māori [prompt on New Zealanders; the first novel is Potiki]
<Noah Sheidlower, World Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuCornell BRIT5115
Moses KitakuleColumbia AJohn Jay6915
Caleb KendrickUMD AColubmia B7710
Raymond WangCornell APitt9410
Aum MundheRutgersNYU10610
Munir SiddiquiUMD BJHU B12510
Sinecio MoralesJHU ASwarthmore12510

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%120.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%29%0%92.43
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%100%0%55.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%33%0%101.67
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%20%20%92.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%0%102.75
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%33%0%97.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%126.50