Round 11: 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 for their daughter during a tram ride to the country. (10[2])The protagonist (10[1])of this story protects a photograph of a woman wearing a fur hat and muff while his mother and sister move the furniture out of his room. This novella’s protagonist is pelted with apples (10[1])by his father, (10[1])which eventually causes his death after his sister (10[1])Grete (“GRAY-tuh”) locks him in a room. For 10 points, name this Franz Kafka novella about Gregor Samsa’s transformation (10[2])into a cockroach. ■END■ (10[1])

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