Question

After bicycling 15 miles to swim in a river, two characters in this novel have sex, as implied by the line “this is how it was.” In this novel, a doctor interrupts a Christmas party with a long speech on Karl Marx, whom the (10[1])doctor named his son after. A boy in this novel becomes a quiet loner after accidentally shooting his neighbor in the face with a BB gun. (-5[1])After a failed prom party in this novel, a tomboy feels music “boil inside her” as she listens to Beethoven’s Third. In this novel, the sudden erratic behavior of a slovenly Greek man results in his detention in a state asylum, where news of his death causes his deaf-mute best friend to shoot himself in the chest. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, characters like Jake Blount and Mick Kelly confide in John Singer in what novel by Carson McCullers? (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[3])

ANSWER: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
<George Washington A, American Literature>
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Summary

Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y650%0%17%125.67
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%91.50
Northeast2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%147.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y475%0%25%140.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%134.50
UK2025-02-01Y1090%0%10%130.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y786%0%0%114.17

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omer KeskinOxford AImperial A4310
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge ALSE69-5
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ACambridge D12610
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CImperial B12710
Cormac BeirneLSECambridge A14610
Michael WuSouthampton BBristol14710
Kevin FlanaganBristolSouthampton B1470
Shiv SeshanCambridge BManchester14710
Louis CameronCambridge EWarwick B14710
Matt SheldonOxford BSouthampton A1470
Zayyan MahmoodSouthampton AOxford B1470
Benjamin WatsonOxford CDurham14710
CT TangSheffieldCambridge C14710