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One of these locations near Woedolor Mountain is contrasted with the “Paradise of Bachelors” in a story by Herman Melville. (10[1])After losing her job at one of these locations due to catching a cold from not having a winter coat, a novel’s protagonist runs into Charles Drouet for the second time. Carrie first finds work in one of these places in Sister Carrie. In a novel, a teenage boy drunkenly passes out in one of these buildings and is eaten by rats. After attacking his wife’s boss in one of these buildings, (10[1])a character becomes the cellmate of Jack Duane. Ona works in one of these buildings in a novel (10[1])that follows (10[1])the Lithuanian Rudkis family moving to (10[1])Chicago. (10[2])For 10 points, name these buildings that Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle (10[2])criticized for their poor working conditions in the meat industry. ■END■

ANSWER: factory [accept paper, shoe, or meatpacking factory or plant; accept paper mill; accept slaughterhouse; prompt on “the Tartarus of Maids” by asking “what kind of location is it?”; prompt on workplace or business] (The Melville story is “The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids.”)
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Emily Bussa (UG)Maryland B (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)1910
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)9110
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)Virginia B (UG)10910
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)UNC D (DII)11110
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Liberty B (DII)11710
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)Virginia C (UG)11810
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)JMU B (UG)11810
Derek Aldridge (DII)William & Mary A (UG)GWU B (Grad)13010
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)13010