Question

A novel by this author, whose ninth chapter reads, “Because he missed it. He missed it completely,” is partially narrated by the sewing machine agent V. K. Ratliff. A character created by this author, who repeats “It won’t balance” about an object formed by the “Chuck Chuck Chuck” of an adze, (10[1])has his broken leg cast in cement.A (10[1])girl impregnated by the farmhand (10[2])Lafe (10[2])is scammed out of abortion-inducing medicine (10[1])in a novel by this author, (10[1])who paired The Town and The Hamlet in a trilogy about the Snopes family. A man buys false teeth in a novel by this author (10[1])in which Vardaman says, “My mother is a fish.” Cash slowly builds a coffin for his mother in a novel by this author set in Yoknapatawpha County. For 10 points, name this author who wrote about the Bundren family in As I Lay Dying. ■END■

ANSWER: William Faulkner [or William Cuthbert Faulkner]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Era GunawanPurdue BMiami5010
William HoustonUChicago BSIUE A5710
Noah McRedmondNotre DameIndiana A6210
Max HodesUChicago APurdue C6210
Hayden WillettPurdue DWashU D6310
Conner YamnitzWashU CUIUC D6310
Arjun KalaUIUC BIndiana B6910
Jack CaseyUIUC CNorthwestern A7510
Nolan JonesPurdue AWashU B10010

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%83.67
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%0%82.50
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%0%66.78
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%101.00
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%0%87.38
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%95.67
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y10100%0%10%104.40