Question
In a story, a couple is repeatedly subjected to these events by a man who, when confronted, says that “I’m not an evil man, I don't think. Not evil, like you said” during one of these events, and gives them hot cinnamon rolls. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this type of event referenced in the title of another story whose narrator recalls the plot of Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” while contemplating what to say to his wife and his girlfriend.
ANSWER: a telephone call [accept synonyms like telephone conversation; accept “Where I’m Calling From”]
[10e] “A Small, Good Thing” and “Where I’m Calling From” are by this author of the story collection Cathedral.
ANSWER: Raymond Carver
[10m] A woman waits for a call from a man who calls her “darling” twice in this author’s story “A Telephone Call.” The alcoholic Hazel Morse survives an overdose in this author’s story “Big Blonde.”
ANSWER: Dorothy Parker
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Summary
| 2024 ESPN @ Brown | 04/06/2024 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 83% | 83% | 33% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Duke | 03/23/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Houston Junior College | The Present King of James is Bald | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Riley et al. | Cleo: 5/7 movie | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| World's Fair Wiggle Walk | Williams et al. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |