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A character from this state wears a pirate outfit to attract visitors to Paradise Hot Dogs and loves Myrna Minkoff. In another novel, a woman from this state settles into a small cottage called the “Pigeon House." (15[1])Ignatius J. Reilly is a resident of this state in John Kennedy Toole's The Confederacy of Dunces. (15[1])Another novel in this state opens with the line (*) “allez-vous en!” (“ah-lay voo zen”) being repeated by a parrot to Robert Lebrun. Edna Pontellier (“pon-tell-YAY”) drowns herself off this state’s coast at the end of The Awakening. For 10 points, name this southern state, where Kate Chopin set many works in New Orleans. ■END■ (10[1])

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