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In this novel, a water gun is filled with urine and sprayed on a (10[1])character (10[1])by a boy who is beaten with a prosthetic limb in revenge. The title of this novel comes from a poem by Saib Tabrizi that mentions how “every street” of its primary setting is “enthralling to the eye.” In this novel, one character is forced to chew rocks by her shoemaker husband after not cooking rice sufficiently. A businessman in this novel lies about being on a trip to avoid seeing the movie Pinocchio with his daughter due to her status as a harami, or bastard. In this novel, Mullah Faizullah teaches Miriam to read the Quran decades before she kills her husband to defend his younger second wife, Laila. For 10 points, Kabul is the setting of what 2007 novel (-5[1])by (-5[1])Khaled (-5[1])Hosseini (10[1]0[1])written after The Kite (-5[1])Runner? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: A Thousand Splendid Suns
<SIUE, World Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Biyang ZhangMichigan BMichigan D1310
Cade SmithMichigan StateOhio State A1410
Elie AounCase Western ACarnegie Mellon A135-5
Elias KradelKenyonCarnegie Mellon B136-5
Carter PisockyMichigan CMichigan A137-5
Rachel FanousMichigan AMichigan C13810
Jayden KuCarnegie Mellon BKenyon1380
Prahalad RaoOhio State BCase Western B142-5
Meredith WiperCase Western BOhio State B14310
Ryan JudgeCarnegie Mellon ACase Western A14410

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