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In this novel, a group of buzzards asks, “Who’ll stand his funeral? We!!!!!” After the death of a man who builds a high chair, a character in this novel burns multiple hair rags. At the end of this novel, its protagonist pulls in the horizon (10[1])“like a great fish-net.” (10[4])In a foreword to this novel, Edwidge Danticat compared an anecdote in its author’s book Tell My Horse (10[1])to this novel’s mock funeral for a mule. This (10[1])novel begins with the line, “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.” A pear tree in this novel symbolizes the sexual (10[1])awakening of its protagonist, who leaves Logan Killicks for Jody Starks. This novel’s protagonist leaves the “muck” for Eatonville, Florida after being forced to shoot (10[1])her husband Tea Cake. For 10 points, name this novel about Janie Crawford by Zora Neale Hurston. ■END■

ANSWER: Their Eyes Were Watching God
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