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A man asks this novel’s narrator whether he has seen “a divine face emerge” from the stones on his wall. This novel’s narrator claims that he could get used to living in a tree trunk, (20[2])and wishes for a “crowd of spectators” (20[1])to greet him (20[1])with (20[3])“cries (20[1])of (20[1])hate.” (20[6])The elderly “fiance” Thomas Pérez (20[1])faints (20[2])at a (20[1])funeral (20[4])in this (20[1])novel. This novel’s narrator is neighbors with (20[1])(*) Salamano, who abuses his dog (10[1])but (10[1])mourns (10[1])when it runs away, and Raymond Sintès, who (10[1])beats his girlfriend. (10[2])This novel’s narrator drinks coffee and smokes by a corpse before beginning a (10[1])relationship with Marie. This novel begins “Mother died today.” (10[3])For 10 points, name this Albert Camus novella in which Mersault shoots an Arab. (10[1])■END■

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