Question

One of these characters belonging to Mr. Sneaze (“sneeze”) falls into a barrel of water at the end of the novel it appears in. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this type of character that Toru is tasked with finding by his wife Kumiko at the start of the section “The Thieving Magpie.”
ANSWER: a cat [or neko; prompt on animals or felines; prompt on pets] (Lead-in is from Natsume Soseki’s I Am a Cat.)
[10m] This Japanese author wrote The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. Nakata can understand the language of cats in this author's Kafka on the Shore.
ANSWER: Haruki Murakami
[10e] The Town of Cats appears in Murakami's 1Q84, whose title is a reference to this British author's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
ANSWER: George Orwell [or Eric Arthur Blair]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY130.00100%100%100%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY920.00100%78%22%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY718.57100%71%14%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1220.83100%83%25%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY1018.00100%70%10%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY820.00100%75%25%
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Georgia Tech AAuburn A0101020
Auburn BFurman001010
BelmontClemson A0101020
Alabama AClemson B0101020
Emory ASouth Carolina B10101030
Tennessee AGeorgia Tech E10101030
Georgia Tech DSouth Carolina A10101030
Auburn CSouthern001010
Mississippi State AVanderbilt A0101020
Vanderbilt BTennessee B0101020
Georgia Tech CGeorgia A0101020
Emory OxfordGeorgia Tech B0101020