Question

The protagonist of a work of this type dates Eudora during a year living in Mexico to escape McCarthyism. It’s not a comic but in a work of this type, the protagonist has a fling with the factory worker Ginger in Connecticut after graduating from Hunter College High School, where she was friends with a group called “the Branded.” A term that combines “myth” with this genre was coined to describe the book (-5[1])(*) Zami. A work of this type ends with the birth of the protagonist’s son after she becomes a cable car conductor (10[1])in San Francisco. (10[1])The first of a seven-volume series in this genre chronicles the narrator’s life in Stamps, Arkansas with her brother Bailey (10[1]-5[1])and her childhood rape by Mr. Freeman. That work in this (10[1])genre takes its title from a Paul Lawrence Dunbar poem. For 10 points, name this genre of Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: autobiography [or memoir; accept biomythography; reject “biography”]
<CM, American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech C72-5
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AGeorgia Tech B9310
Manu SankaranLambertGeorgia Tech D9610
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech A11610
Towery McNeilMississippi StateInnovation Academy B116-5
Edward KimJohns CreekMilton12710
Pratyusha SoniInnovation Academy BMississippi State15410

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2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y6100%33%0%84.50
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T2024-12-06Y2100%50%50%111.00
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2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech2024-12-06Y475%0%50%112.00
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