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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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 63% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 17.50 | 100% | 42% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 38% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 100% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 10 | 20.00 | 100% | 70% | 30% |
Data
| Rutgers A (UG) | Columbia A (UG) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Lehigh A (UG) | Maryland B (DII) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU B | Lehigh B (DII) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia J (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Penn B (DII) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Rutgers B | Princeton A (UG) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |