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Round 3: Tossup 13

In a 2021 novel from this country, Amor signs her family’s house over to the maid Salome in the last of four sections framed by funerals. This home country of Damon Galgut is where a prospective nun stays with Mrs. Lithebe (10[1])before abandoning her son. Mr. Carmichael represents a burglar (10[2])accused of murder pro deo in a trial set in this country. That novel from this country opens with a minister’s letter (10[1])informing of Gertrude’s illness. After traveling from this country’s village of Ndotsheni (“in-dot-SHAY-nee”), Stephen Kumalo finds his (10[1])son (10[1])in jail (10[1])for the murder of Arthur Jarvis. (10[1])For 10 points, name this country, the setting of Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country. ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: South Africa [or Republic of South Africa or RSA]
<McGill B + ASU A, World Literature> | Packet B
= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Alex WongRutgers DMaryland C4010
Sophia PengRutgers CGeorge Mason B4910
Arlene LopezStony BrookMaryland A4910
Kelvin NiNYU ANYU B7110
Rohit ChintalaMaryland BLehigh B8710
Eric MorshedJohns HopkinsRowan8810
Matthew BucekGeorge Mason AColumbia B9010
Jason LeeRutgers AVassar B9610
Alex GrigoriadesLehigh AColumbia A11310
Jaden BandyRutgers BPenn11310
Vihaan JimPrincetonGeorge Mason C11310
Eli YoungVassar ANYU C1130
Yiwei JiangNYU CVassar A1130

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%90.60
UK (South)UK743%0%106.67
Northern CaliforniaUS3100%0%90.33
Southern CaliforniaUS771%14%101.20
Eastern Canada (1)US475%0%104.67
Eastern Canada (2)US978%22%83.43
FloridaUS425%0%77.00
Great LakesUS11100%18%94.36
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS989%0%81.25
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1292%0%82.64
MidwestUS989%11%89.13
NorthUS367%0%110.00
NortheastUS12100%0%97.50
PacificUS8100%0%93.50
South CentralUS683%0%90.80
SoutheastUS12100%0%72.58
Upstate NYUS560%20%92.33