Question

A character with this occupation asks “is it really pain you feel, or is it guilt?” to a woman who just revealed to him her son was born from adultery. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this title profession of Mr. Kapasi, who acts as a tour guide for Mr. and Mrs. Das during a visit to the Sun Temple in the title story of a 1999 collection.
ANSWER: interpreter of maladies [accept translator for a doctor’s office, prompt on doctor’s assistant]
[10e] In the Interpreter of Maladies, Mr. Kapasi rescues Bobby Das from an attack by the Hanuman type of these animals. In a story by W.W. Jacobs, this animal’s “paw” grants three cursed wishes.
ANSWER: monkey [accept The Monkey’s Paw]
[10m] This Indian-American author wrote Interpreter of Maladies. She also wrote a novel about the immigrant Ganguli family and their son Gogol, The Namesake.
ANSWER: Jhumpa Lahiri
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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY818.75100%63%25%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY618.33100%50%33%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1217.50100%42%33%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY815.00100%38%13%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY621.67100%100%17%
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Chicago ANotre Dame A10101030
Illinois CChicago B010010
Illinois AIllinois D10101030
Illinois BWashU A10101030
Northwestern AIowa A0101020
Northwestern BIndiana0101020
WashU BNotre Dame B010010
Purdue BPurdue A0101020
Notre Dame CPurdue C0101020
Iowa BSIUE010010