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In a novel by this author, a woman yells “she will rise again” to scare people on balconies. In a novel by this author, an assassin in a blue tie with white spots shoots a superintendent and a woman suspected of causing an event that humiliates the “party on the right” and “party on the left.” A novel by this author begins when a car does not move forward at a (20[1])green (20[1])light. (20[7])In a sequel (20[1])by this (20[1])author, (20[2])83 percent of the population (20[3])of a (20[1])country casts (20[1])(*) blank votes (10[2])in an election. (10[1])In a novel by this author, the owner of the “dog of tears” (10[3])stabs (10[1])a man (10[1])threatening to rape women in her ward. The “white sickness” affects everyone except (10[1])the (10[1])doctor’s wife in that novel by this author. For 10 points, name this Portuguese author (10[3])of Seeing and Blindness. ■END■ (10[1])

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