Round 5: Tossup 12

In a novel, a character who misses a protest at one of these places later rekindles her relationship through Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. In a TED talk, an author recalled moving to one of these places where she was assumed to not know English or how to use a stove. In a novel by that author, labor strikes in one of these places (10[1])cause Obinze to encourage his girlfriend to emigrate. (-5[1])Ifemelu (10[1])leaves one of these places in Nigeria for one in the US in Chimamanda Adichie’s (10[1])novel Americanah. One of these institutions awards the Pulitzer Prizes each year. (-5[1])For 10 points, name these institutions that include the Ivy League members (10[2])Columbia (10[1])and Yale. ■END■ (10[2])

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