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In this novel, a water gun is filled with urine and sprayed on a character by a boy who is beaten with a prosthetic limb in revenge. The title of this novel (10[1])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. (10[1])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 (10[1])to defend his younger second wife, Laila. For 10 (-5[1])points, Kabul is the setting of what 2007 novel by Khaled Hosseini (-5[1])written after The Kite Runner? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: A Thousand Splendid Suns
<SIUE, World Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Johanna BryantLiberty CSouth Carolina3110
Meredie CohenWilliam & MaryWake Forest7110
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AUNC B11710
Joseph ChambersVirginia AUNC C126-5
Sam KungUNC DLiberty A138-5
Jacob EgolDukeLiberty B14410

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