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In a novel titled for one of these people, a character notes that the word biinda’oojigan (“BEEN-duh-OH-jee-gun”) means both “condom” and “gun case.” In a different novel partly titled for one of these people, the protagonist throws up after eating ice cream from the shop that was built where her childhood home used to be. One of these people titles a novel (-5[2])in which a woman performs as Babe the Blue Ox in a water show in a lumberjack-themed (-5[1])nightclub. A fictionalization (-5[1])of the author’s grandfather Thomas Wazhashk is the title one of these people in a novel by Louise (10[1])Erdrich (“ER-drik”) that won a 2021 (10[1])Pulitzer. (10[1])In a (10[1])novel partly titled for one of these people, the protagonist sadly discovers (10[1])that her lawyer (10[1])father opposes Brown v. Board (10[2])of Education (10[1])when (10[1])she returns (10[1])to (10[2])Maycomb, (10[1])Alabama. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])Harper Lee’s second published (10[1])novel is titled Go Set (10[2])what type of person? ■END■ (10[2])

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