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With her dying breath, a character in this novel tells a man “I believe I was a little in love with you” after asking for a kiss on her brow as her final wish. (10[1])A character in this novel visits the “Lark’s Meadow” every day because his beloved’s recurring nickname is “the lark.” A character in this novel writes the words “the police are here” (10[2])on a piece of paper to prove her literacy to a man who finds a packet of letters that she forged. (-5[1])After his love moves to England, a man in this novel joins the radical group “Friends of the ABC” in dying in the barricades. (10[1])A character drowns in the Seine after releasing his enemy (-5[1])from arrest (10[2])near the end of this novel, while Marius and Cosette (10[1])are reconciled. For 10 points, Inspector Javert (10[3])(“zhuh-VAIR”) pursues the ex-convict Jean Valjean (“ZHON val-ZHON”) in what novel by Victor Hugo? ■END■

ANSWER: Les Misérables [or The Miserables; or The Miserable Ones; reject “Les Mis”]
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Yvonne PanAmherst ADiamond Brandeis3310
Yrwin BatanMIT ACarabrandeis6410
William OrrYale ATufts A6410
Jiayi LiaoYale CHarvard A85-5
Rohan GaneshanHarvard AYale C10910
Andrew MessersmithA Brandeis SupremeBoston University A119-5
Eren MicheletBoston University AA Brandeis Supreme12110
Hanson HuynhBoston University BClark A12110
Ethan YoungWilliams AYale B13110
RileyBowdoin ABowdoin B13810
Ryan LeeBrown ABrandeises Brew13810
Rajat SethiNortheastern ATufts B13810