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Round 2: 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 before abandoning her son. Mr. Carmichael represents a burglar accused of murder (10[1])pro deo in a trial set in this country. That novel from this country opens with a minister’s letter informing (10[1])of Gertrude’s illness. After traveling from this country’s village of Ndotsheni (“in-dot-SHAY-nee”), Stephen Kumalo finds his son in jail for the murder of (10[1])Arthur Jarvis. For 10 points, name this (10[1])country, the setting of Alan (10[1])Paton’s (10[2])novel Cry, (10[1])the Beloved Country. ■END■

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
Aaron BatesWashington PinkAlberta B5210
James HaddixWashington StateWashington Sockeye7210
Skand ParvatikarArizona State BWashington Steelhead9410
Tri LamWashington ChumBoise State10110
Haylee WeisnerWashington MasuBritish Columbia C10610
Brendan LiawBritish Columbia AWashington Chinook10710
Keerthana KrishnanTexasWashington Atlantic10710
Anne FjeldAlberta AWashington Coho10910

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