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%
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY922.22100%100%22%

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CWRU C (UG)West Virginia A (UG) 0101020
Miami A (UG) Miami B (UG) 0101020
Michigan A (UG) Jefferson County Scholars (DII)10101030
Ohio State B (DII) Michigan D (UG)0101020
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Michigan State B West Virginia B (UG) 0101020
Ohio State A (UG) CWRU A (UG) 0101020
Miami C (DII) Ohio State C (DII) 1001020