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Frank reveals his intent to leave his wife Nancy for a person with this job, then orders four stacks of pancakes for his gluttonous friend Tub, near the end of Tobias Wolff’s story “Hunters in the Snow.” A character with this job examines herself in the mirror after putting on a pair of men’s underwear “about twenty sizes too big for her.” At a party, a man fantasizes about a person with this job while the other guests baste his wife with butter to slip her back into her girdle. In a story first published in (*) Pricksongs & Descants, a character with this job receives phone calls from teenagers (10[1])playing (-5[1])pinball at a drugstore. At the end of a story consisting of 108 often-contradictory episodes, (10[1])a character with this job either drowns in a bathtub or puts Jimmy (10[1])and Bitsy (-5[1])Tucker to sleep. For 10 points, a 16-year-old (-5[1])girl (10[1])with what job titles a story by Robert Coover? ■END■ (10[9]0[1])

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