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The last appearance of this work’s protagonist ends by describing going “into the blackness of the final block.” When a character in this work tries to deliver a pail to an old woman, he bumps into his father, who grabs the pail, drinks its contents, and hits the son in the head with it when it’s empty. In the penultimate chapter of this work, the main male character repeats the phrase “I’m damn good f’ler (“feller”),” to a group of women he’s entertaining, including Nellie, who robs him after he passes out drunk. A rock-throwing fight among children opens (-5[1])this novella, (10[1]-5[1])which (-5[1])ends with Mary declaring “I’ll fergive her!” (10[2])after (10[1])the death (10[2])of the (10[1])title character, (-5[1])whose brother Jimmie gets in a bar brawl with Pete for “ruining” her. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])the title (10[1])denizen (-5[1])of Rum Alley in the Bowery is driven (10[1])to prostitution (10[1])in (10[1])what novella by Stephen (10[1])Crane? ■END■ (10[7]0[3])

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