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

ANSWER: Their Eyes Were Watching God
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