Round 12: Tossup 3

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. This story ends as a couple internally resolve to find a husband (-5[1])for their daughter during a tram ride to the country. (10[1])The protagonist of this story protects a photograph of a woman wearing a fur hat and muff (10[2])while his mother and sister move the furniture (10[1])out of his room. This novella’s protagonist is pelted with apples (10[3])by his father, (10[1])which eventually (10[1])causes his death after his sister Grete (“GRAY-tuh”) locks him (10[1])in a room. For 10 points, name this Franz Kafka novella about Gregor Samsa’s (10[1])transformation into a cockroach. ■END■ (10[1])

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