Packet N: Tossup 17

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.” (10[1])In this novel, a doctor interrupts a Christmas (10[1])party with a long speech on Karl Marx, whom the (10[1])doctor named his son after. (10[1])A boy in this novel becomes a quiet loner (-5[1])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” (10[1])as she listens to Beethoven’s Third. In this novel, the sudden erratic behavior of a slovenly Greek man (10[1])results (10[1])in his detention in a state asylum, where news of his death (10[1])causes his deaf-mute best friend (-5[1])to shoot (10[1])himself (10[1])in the chest. (10[3])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])characters like Jake Blount and Mick Kelly (10[1])confide in John Singer in what novel by Carson McCullers? (10[2])■END■ (10[14]0[9])

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