Question

After being shot by a college student, one of these animals stays alive by telling stories of his past life as a 19th-century poet and freedom fighter in the novel Red Earth and Pouring Rain. One of these animals compares dense vegetation to “indecipherable calligraphy” in a book whose author states, “fixity is always momentary” and claims to “invent” his path while “traversing” it. In the opening fable of a treatise translated as “Loss of Gains” by (*) Arthur Ryder, this animal narrowly avoids being fed to the wife of a crocodile he befriended by offering fruit. A poetic travelogue titled for this animal (10[1])recounts a journey to the temple city of Galta undertaken by Octavio Paz. These (10[1]-5[1])animals eat crumbs of dropped puffed rice and attack Bobby (10[1])Das, (10[1])who is saved by Mr. Kapasi, (10[1])in the story “The Interpreter of Maladies.” For 10 points, what animals include vanaras such as Hanuman? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: monkeys [accept vanaras until read; accept The Monkey Grammarian] (Red Earth and Pouring Rain is by Vikram Chandra. The fable is from the Panchatantra.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mitch McCullarNobodaddy but youBHSU10210
Shardul Parthasarathy2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behindChicago A Minus Minus116-5
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganNoli Me Tangerine11610
Keven Park>:3Charlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline12610
Charles HangOh the Missouripurdoobie brothers12710
Nermeen RahmanChicago Bmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)13310
Matt JacksonChicago A Minus Minus2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind15110

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2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%0%17%125.83
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y6100%0%0%119.67
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%129.50
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%0%134.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%0%0%135.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y3100%67%0%57.67