In this novel, a hotel waiter unsuccessfully seeks a "man's job" building a road to the local river. At the end ofthis novel, a woman recalls the way calm water quelled the "turbulent" body of a young boy. The title characterof this novel has a grandmother who cuts off her leg to get insurance money and a mother who dies when herdress catches on fire. A character in this novel encourages everyone to kill themselves each year on January 3.This novel's setting, which was built on land that a slave bought thinking that the land was closer to heaven, isan Ohio town called The Bottom. Its title character accidentally drowns Chicken Little by throwing him into ariver. For 10 points, name this novel by Toni Morrison named for Nel's best friend. 
In this novel, a hotel waiter unsuccessfully seeks a "man's job" building a road to the local river. At the end ofthis novel, a woman recalls the way calm water quelled the "turbulent" body of a young boy. The title characterof this novel has a grandmother who cuts off her leg to get insurance money and a mother who dies when herdress catches on fire. A character in this novel encourages everyone to kill themselves each year on January 3.This novel's setting, which was built on land that a slave bought thinking that the land was closer to heaven, isan Ohio town called The Bottom. Its title character accidentally drowns Chicken Little by throwing him into ariver. For 10 points, name this novel by Toni Morrison named for Nel's best friend. 
In this novel, a hotel waiter unsuccessfully seeks a "man's job" building a road to the local river.
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