Question
A mother in this novel polishes figurines in a display case after each time she is beaten by her husband, which ultimately leads her to poison him. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this novel in which Eugene’s strict, authoritarian, Catholic control over his family is contrasted with his sister Ifeoma’s household, where the narrator meets Father Amadi.
ANSWER: Purple Hibiscus
[10e] Purple Hibiscus is the debut novel of this Nigerian author. This author gained prominence with her subsequent novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, set during the Nigerian Civil War.
ANSWER: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
[10m] Growing up during the Nigerian Civil War also inspired this author's novel about the abiku Azaro, The Famished Road.
ANSWER: Ben Okri [or Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri]
<Jay Kim, World Literature>
Summary
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Data
| Notre Dame A | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago A | Illinois A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Illinois B | Northwestern A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WUSTL | Indiana A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Notre Dame B | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Northwestern B | Illinois C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana B | Notre Dame C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue | SIUE | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |