Question
Before she leaves for Barbados, Selina throws jewelry at the steps of buildings in this borough at the end of a Paule Marshall novel. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this borough that titles a Betty Smith novel in which Francie idolizes a “Tree of Heaven.”
ANSWER: Brooklyn [accept A Tree Grows in Brooklyn] (The Paule Marshall novel is Brown Girls, Brownstones.)
[10h] This Barbadian author included fragments of Caribbean dialects and African languages he dubbed “nation languages” as part of the oral poetry in his Arrivants trilogy. This author wrote Born to Slow Horses.
ANSWER: Kamau Brathwaite [or Edward Kamau Brathwaite]
[10e] A Barbadian man with this first name escapes slavery with a flying machine in a novel by Esi Edugyan. An author with this first name wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
ANSWER: Washington [accept Washington Black; accept Washington Irving]
<Ganon Evans, Literature - American - Long Fiction> ~23540~ <Editor: Chandler West>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 17.50 | 100% | 67% | 8% |