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Family units in this archipelago called ‘aiga feature in Leaves of the Banyan Tree by author Albert Wendt. This archipelago’s Rainmaker Mountain provides the setting for a story about the sex worker Sadie Thompson written by W. Somerset Maugham (“mom”). Treasure Island author Robert Louis Stevenson moved to and died in (-5[1])this archipelago. Visits to this archipelago’s Manu’a (-5[1])Islands informed works on “social organization” that were criticized by Derek Freeman. (10[3]-5[1])A 1928 (10[1])anthropological work depicting lessened sexual mores (10[1])in (10[1])this archipelago (-5[1])was written by Margaret Mead. (10[1])For 10 points, what Pacific Island archipelago includes a namesake “American” (10[1])territory (10[2])led from Pago Pago? ■END■ (10[2])

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