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‘The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian’’ won which award?

  1. APulitzer Prize for Fiction
  2. BNational Book AwardCorrect answer
  3. CBooker Prize
  4. DSahitya Akademi Award
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B. National Book Award

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Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian won the 2007 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The National Book Foundation records it as that category’s winner. The award and category explain the marked National Book Award option.

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