Round 7: Tossup 14

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 (-5[1])in this archipelago. Visits to this archipelago’s Manu’a (-5[1])Islands (-5[1])informed works on (-5[1])“social organization” that were criticized (10[1])by (10[1])Derek Freeman. A 1928 (-5[1])anthropological work depicting lessened sexual mores in this archipelago (10[1])was written by Margaret Mead. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what Pacific Island archipelago (-5[1])includes a namesake “American” territory (10[1])led from (10[1])Pago Pago? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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