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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 (-5[1])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. (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 (-5[1])she kills her husband to defend his younger second wife, Laila. For 10 points, Kabul (10[1])is the setting of what 2007 novel by Khaled Hosseini written after (0[1])The Kite Runner? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: A Thousand Splendid Suns
<SIUE, World Literature>
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Cole HartungGeorgetown ANotre Dame A28-5
Owen AshbrookIowaPurdue7110
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BNorthwestern A113-5
Andrew ZengStanford BGeorgetown B12810
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern ANotre Dame B1400
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern BNotre Dame C14310
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