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In a story mostly set in these places, the protagonist sees a man’s abdomen surgery scars and wonders what it’s like to feel that one no longer has (10[1])a navel. In a different story, a diary entry presumed to be about a death in one of these places reads in part, “It will either happen today or […] when I am sixteen. It is ridiculous to mention even.” (10[1])In between time (10[1])spent in these places, the protagonist of a story (10[1])shelters from a storm in a gazebo that was filled with Japanese lanterns by Mrs. Levy. (10[1])Booper is implied to have killed (10[1])her brother (10[1])by (10[1])pushing him (10[1])into (10[1])one of these places (10[3])at the end of J. D. Salinger’s (10[1])story (10[2])“Teddy.” (10[5])In a story, (10[1])years pass without the protagonist realizing, as he moves through a series of these places belonging to his neighbors. For 10 points, (10[1])Neddy Merrill passes through what places in a John Cheever story? ■END■ (10[1])

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