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%
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Georgia AAlabama A0101020
Clemson BAuburn B010010
Auburn CBelmont010010
Emory AVanderbilt A10101030
Georgia Tech DGeorgia Tech A10101030
FurmanGeorgia Tech C010010
Georgia Tech EAuburn A0101020
Mississippi State AEmory Oxford10101030
South Carolina ATennessee A010010
South Carolina BGeorgia Tech B010010
Tennessee BSouthern1010020
Clemson AVanderbilt B010010