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An author with this last name wrote about the sisters Van and Linny in the novel Short Girls. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this family name of an author who explored his father’s poetry in the book Where the Ashes Are. Another author with this last name began a 2017 collection with the story “Black-Eyed Woman.”
ANSWER: Nguyen (“nween”) [accept Bich Minh Nguyen; accept Nguyễn Quí Đức; accept Viet Thanh Nguyen]
[10e] Viet Thanh Nguyen describes his family life in San Jose in A Man of Two Faces, a book of this type. Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is another book of this type.
ANSWER: memoirs [or autobiography]
[10m] A memoir by Beth Nguyen is titled for an “owner” of an object described by this adjective. This adjective is part of the pen-name of a character who is mocked by his boss, Shrike, and is devastated by a letter from a girl born without a nose that ends “Sincerely yours, Desperate.”
ANSWER: lonely [accept Owner of a Lonely Heart; accept Miss Lonelyhearts]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateTexas010010E
British ColumbiaMinnesota0101020EM
Chicago AWinona State010010E
Chicago BVirginia0101020EM
Cornell AVanderbilt0101020EM
Georgia StateUCF010010E
HarvardNorth Carolina A010010E
Illinois ARutgers0101020EM
Illinois BCornell B010010E
IndianaFlorida0101020EM
Johns HopkinsOhio State010010E
NYURIT010010E
OttawaLSE010010E
StanfordVirginia Tech010010E
Toronto AColumbia B010010E
Toronto CPenn State010010E
UC Berkeley AGeorgia Tech010010E
UC Berkeley BNorthwestern010010E
WUSTL BMichigan010010E
Waterloo BNorth Carolina B010010E
YaleIowa State0101020EM

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2112.86100%29%0%