Question
In this novel, a man declares "there ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do" when describing how he always slept with women after church. Passages describing how "the smell of rot fills the country" and "the men sat still - thinking - figuring" are among this novel’s sixteen "inner chapters." A woman threatens her son with a jack handle for suggesting to split their family up in this novel. At this novel's end, a woman gives birth in a flooding (*) boxcar and breastfeeds a starving man. This novel's protagonist goes on the run after clubbing a man who murdered an ex-preacher and labor organizer, Jim Casy. For 10 points, Tom Joad travels to California during the Dust Bowl in what John Steinbeck novel? ■END■
ANSWER: The Grapes of Wrath
<Literature - American Literature - Long Fiction>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 42 | 100% | 21% | 0% | 90.98 |