Question
In a story in this collection, a woman folds up a newspaper after reading about a woman nicknamed “Little Flower,” prompting her to say, “Well, as I always say: God knows what He's doing.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this collection that includes “The Smallest Woman in the World.” Severina obsesses over her suitcases in the title story of this collection.
ANSWER: Family Ties [or Laços de família]
[10m] This author of Family Ties wrote about Joan, who struggles with her adulterous husband Otávio, in this novel Near to the Wild Heart. In a novel by this author, a woman accidentally kills a cockroach, then eats it.
ANSWER: Clarice Lispector
[10e] Like fellow short story writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Clarice Lispector set many of her stories like “Mystery in São Cristóvão” in this South American country.
ANSWER: Brazil [or Federative Republic of Brazil; or República Federativa do Brasil]
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| We jopping | Oh you like geography? Name every Forrest. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Statler and Waldorfesque Former Penn Bowl Editors | Khalil v Carbolic Shisha Ball Co | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| TOAD | Why the Kremlin Hates Bananas | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Ill-Advised Buzz | bruh | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |