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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 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 country depicted (*) Cheché, who shoots Juan Julián, in his play Anna in the Tropics. Nilo 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 (10[2])Rose.” Versos sencillos was written by an author from, for 10 points, what country, home to the author of “Guantanamera,” José Martí? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Cuba [or Republic of Cuba; or República de Cuba]
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Jack LewisMTSUBelmont8115
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUSN AGeorgia Tech B12810
Kevin ParkClaremontVanderbilt B12810
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLGeorgia Tech C15010

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%17%17%116.20
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%25%50%115.25
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%25%0%121.75
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%67%0%84.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y1100%0%0%95.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%0%127.33