Packet 1: Tossup 14

A character created by this author tells a story about being gifted earrings from Mrs. Garner to a character who crawls out of a river. (15[2])In a novel by this author, a character fights with Guitar Bains on a mountain where (15[1])his (15[1])ancestor (15[1])supposedly (15[1])flew back to Africa. A character created by this (15[1])author compares (15[1])his heart to a tobacco tin (15[2])where he stuffs (15[1])his emotions (15[1])from being in a chain gang (15[2])on the (*) Sweet Home Plantation and is named (10[1])Paul D. (10[1])This author, who created Milkman Dead, wrote a novel in which Sethe is haunted by the ghost of a daughter (10[2])she killed to keep from being enslaved. For (10[2])10 points, name this author of Song of Solomon and (10[1])Beloved. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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