Question

This character exclaims “the jail you plan for me is the one in which you will rot” after warning, “until you do right by me, everything you touch will crumble.” This character is broken up with while reading a fortune cookie in an exchange that she ends by writing all her responses. On her wedding day, this character bandages her head after a boy hits her with a rock. In a novel’s last (-5[1])lines, this character reflects on seeming (-5[1])old to some kids yet feeling the “youngest [we’ve] ever felt” at a (*) 4th of July family reunion. This character learns that two of her (10[1])children are missionaries in Africa upon discovering (10[1])that her husband has been hiding letters from her. This character switches (10[1])from writing “Dear God” to addressing her sister Nettie partway through a novel in which she falls in love with the singer Shug Avery. For 10 points, name this protagonist of The Color Purple. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Celie
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nermeen RahmanChicago BBHSU72-5
John LawrenceNoli Me TangerineNobodaddy but you78-5
Eylon Caplanmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)Michigan10310
Matt JacksonChicago A Minus MinusCharlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline11010
Charles HangOh the Missouri>:312210
Michael Hunding2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behindpurdoobie brothers15710
Athena KernBHSUChicago B1570
Mitch McCullarNobodaddy but youNoli Me Tangerine15710

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2024 ESPN @ Stanford03/09/2024Y2100%0%0%137.00
2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y683%0%33%129.80
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y771%0%29%130.00
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%96.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y250%0%0%132.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y2100%50%0%92.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y3100%0%33%137.00