Packet 8: Bonus 15
An author with this first name and the last name Jacobs described hiding in an attic for seven years in the book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this first name of an author who wrote a novel in which Eliza escapes to Canada and a man who befriended Eva St. Clare is hunted by Simon Legree.
ANSWER: Harriet [accept Harriet Jacobs or Harriet Beecher Stowe]
[10e] Harriet Beecher Stowe has often been criticized for her depiction of this forgiving, religious slave whose “Cabin” titles her 1852 novel.
ANSWER: Uncle Tom [or Uncle Tom’s Cabin]
[10h] Slave narratives like Harriet Jacobs’ inspired this author’s novel Kindred, in which Dana time travels back to a Maryland plantation. Lauren navigates a post-climate disaster California in this Afrofuturist author’s novel The Parable of the Sower.
ANSWER: Octavia Butler [or Octavia Estelle Butler]
<Long Fiction — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 20.63 | 100% | 75% | 31% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | DeWitt B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Williamston | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Okemos A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Hillsdale Academy A | Traverse City Central A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Hillsdale Academy D | Troy A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Utica Academy | Detroit Catholic Central C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| White Cloud A | Rockford A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 71% | 29% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |