Question
Mario Vargas Llosa (“YOH-sah”) claimed it was clear that this short story was narrated “from an objective reality” due to the use of the word “still.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this one-sentence short story by Augusto Monterroso. It reads in its entirety, “When he awoke, [the title animal] was still there.”
ANSWER: “The Dinosaur” [or “El dinosaurio”]
[10e] Monterroso added this punctuation mark to “The Dinosaur” because otherwise it seemed “as if the dinosaur was the one who awakened.” A joke advises you not to forget this punctuation mark in the phrase “let’s eat Grandma.”
ANSWER: comma
[10h] A boy in this novel complains, “That’s no story” when “The Dinosaur” is read to him. Two stepsiblings try to journey to Echo Canyon after running away from a road trip to Arizona in this novel by Valeria Luiselli (“val-LAIR-ee-uh LOO-sell-ee”).
ANSWER: Lost Children Archive
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago A | Stanford A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Florida A | Duke A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Harvard A | Northwestern A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Illinois A | McGill A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Minnesota A | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UC Berkeley A | Cornell B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| WUSTL A | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Yale A | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |