Question

In this novel, a character differentiates her husband from a house servant by respectively referring (-5[1])to them as “My Jim” and “Our Jim.” A character in this novel introduces himself to an assistant in a mismatched suit that he mistakes for a chief. Two characters in this novel briefly attend a party featuring a man who plays records out of a red box. During that gumba-gumba, a shotgun earlier used to hunt two warthogs is stolen by Daniel to join rebel fighters. This novel ends with the protagonist running towards (10[1])a helicopter the day after accusing her former servant of pretending to be a “big man” by keeping the keys to a yellow bakkie truck. (10[2])For 10 points, the title character helps Bam and Maureen Smales escape a violent apartheid-ending uprising in what (-5[1])novel by Nadine Gordimer? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: July’s People
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Owen Brown (DII)Kenyon B (DII)Ohio State B (DII)14-5
SimonOhio State ACWRU B8910
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State C (DII)Michigan State B (UG)11410
Rohan Navaneetha Raj (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Kenyon B (DII)11410
Matthew Stall (DII)CWRU C (UG)Michigan C (UG)132-5
Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan BMichigan D (DII)13710
Sarah Dong (DII)Michigan C (UG)CWRU C (UG)13710

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2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%91.00
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y888%0%13%100.14
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y5100%0%40%118.20
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%13%93.63
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%100.33
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y580%0%0%111.50
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y1070%0%0%104.43