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This word ends the title of a novel about the alcoholic Manfred Banks, who calls Old Crow whiskey “Dirty Bird.” In a story whose title begins with this word, Granddaddy Cain kills a chicken hawk and destroys the film of two (10[1])men who intrusively shoot a movie for the county’s food stamp campaign. (10[2])The title of that story by Toni Cade Bambara states that this word “Ain’t No Mockin Bird.” (10[1])This word ends the title of a story that closes by comparing a glass of Scotch to Isaiah’s (10[1])“cup of trembling.” (10[2])The narrator of that story titled for this word (10[2])notes (10[2])how his uncle was hit by a car full of drunk white men. This is the last word in the title of a story from Going to Meet the Man in which a math teacher recalls his daughter Grace’s death from polio and his brother’s arrest for selling heroin. (10[3])For 10 points, what genre (10[1])titles a James Baldwin (10[2])story about the pianist (10[1])Sonny? (-5[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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