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In this story, a character buys a uniform after getting a job at a bank and quickly wears it down by never taking it off. (10[4])This story (10[1])ends (-5[1])as (10[1])a couple internally resolve to find a husband (-5[1])for their daughter (10[1])during a (10[1])tram (10[3])ride (10[3])to the country. (10[13])The protagonist (10[3])of this story (10[1])protects a (10[1])photograph (10[1])of a woman (10[1])wearing (10[1])a fur (10[1])hat (10[1])and muff (10[2])while (10[2])his mother and sister (10[1])move (10[1]-5[1])the furniture (10[2])out of his room. (10[1])This novella’s (10[1])protagonist (10[2])is pelted with apples (10[6])by (10[1])his (10[1])father, (10[9])which (10[1])eventually (10[2])causes his death (10[4])after (10[2])his (10[2])sister (10[4])Grete (“GRAY-tuh”) locks him (10[1])in a room. (10[4])For (10[1])10 points, name this Franz Kafka novella (10[5])about Gregor Samsa’s (10[4])transformation (10[4])into (10[1])a cockroach. ■END■ (10[4])

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