Flannery O’Connor - Pacific

Question

In one story by this author, a woman who shouts “Jesus stab me in the heart!” is later gored in the chest by a bull. (10[1])This author of “Greenleaf” also described a man “waiting like Saint Sebastian” while a woman puts on her new green and purple hat. That woman from a story by this author (10[1])has a stroke after her son Julian scolds her for her racist behavior on the bus. (10[1])The cat Pitty Sing (10[1])causes an accident in a short story by this author in which the Grandmother is killed by the (10[1])Misfit. For 10 points, name this Southern (10[1])Gothic (10[1])author of “Everything That Rises (-5[1])Must Converge” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Flannery O’Connor [or Mary Flannery O’Connor]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Boise State	24	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	55	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	71	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Chum	75	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Arizona State A	93	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	100	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	101	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Texas	106	-5
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia A	117	10

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	75%	0%	25%	82.67
Southern California	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	14%	77.71
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	60%	0%	0%	63.00
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	75%	0%	13%	88.67
Florida	Main	Y	3	100%	0%	0%	81.00
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	92%	0%	8%	72.45
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	89%	0%	22%	71.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	100%	0%	0%	79.00
Midwest	Main	Y	9	89%	0%	11%	68.50
North	Main	Y	4	75%	0%	0%	90.00
Northeast	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	0%	75.88
Pacific	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	13%	79.50
South Central	Main	Y	7	71%	0%	0%	87.20
Southeast	Main	Y	13	92%	0%	8%	73.00
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	60%	0%	0%	83.67