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

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