Question
On a visit to a walled cave, a member of this family finds a beloved wooden cross from her childhood that she received as a birthday gift from Torito. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this family whose member Violeta writes letters to her grandson in the frame narrative of a 2022 novella. This is the family name of the protagonist of Portrait in Sepia.
ANSWER: del Valle [prompt on Valle; reject “Trueba”]
[10e] The del Valle family features in several novels by this Chilean author of the magical realist novel The House of the Spirits.
ANSWER: Isabel Allende [or Isabel Angélica Allende Llona]
[10m] Clara del Valle temporarily develops this condition after witnessing the autopsy of her sister. She finally overcomes this condition when she gets a premonition of her wedding.
ANSWER: being mute [accept equivalents such as not speaking or being unable to speak]
<Sinecio Morales, Literature - World and Miscellaneous> ~23738~ <Editor: Jim Fan>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 13.61 | 97% | 39% | 0% |