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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 (10[1])the end of this novel, its protagonist pulls in the horizon “like a great fish-net.” (10[1])In a foreword to this novel, Edwidge Danticat compared an anecdote in its author’s book Tell My Horse to this novel’s mock funeral for a mule. This novel (-5[1])begins with the line, “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.” A pear tree in this novel symbolizes (-5[1])the sexual awakening of its protagonist, who leaves Logan Killicks (10[1])for Jody Starks. This novel’s protagonist leaves the “muck” for Eatonville, (10[1])Florida after being forced (10[1])to shoot her husband Tea Cake. For 10 points, name this novel about Janie Crawford by Zora Neale Hurston. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Their Eyes Were Watching God
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