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In a play by an author born in this country, the title schoolgirl falls pregnant at 14 and becomes a patient in a mental hospital, where she falls for Mark. A playwright from this country wrote that play, Sarita, and a play in which Cindy and Julia rehearse a presentation with the title Fefu. This country, the birthplace of María Irene (15[1])Fornés, was also the birthplace of a playwright who wrote a play in which a lector reads a Leo Tolstoy (15[1])novel. That playwright born in this (15[2])country depicted (10[1])(*) Cheché, who shoots Juan Julián, in (10[1])his play Anna in the Tropics. Nilo (10[1])Cruz was born in this country, the home of an author who wrote of growing “neither nettles nor thorns” in the poem “I Cultivate a White Rose.” Versos sencillos was written by an author from, for 10 points, what country, home to the author of “Guantanamera,” José Martí? ■END■

ANSWER: Cuba [or Republic of Cuba; or República de Cuba]
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Guy IndoranteIowa StatePenn State B6115
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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%17%17%116.20
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