Question

After hearing coughing from down the hall, this novel’s protagonist finds a man in a filthy room who asks him to boil water for the spaghetti he is making. In this novel, a trumpeter kills his cats after another character is impaled while trying to make love to the Niobe’s (20[2])(“nigh-OH-bee’s”) figurehead. (20[1])This novel’s (20[2])protagonist claims (20[1])to be Jesus while leading (20[1])a gang of children called the (20[1])(*) Dusters. (10[9])Alfred, (10[1])the father of this novel’s protagonist, (10[1])is shot while choking (10[1])on his party pin. (10[1])Cat and Mouse and (10[1])Dog Years chronologically (10[1]0[1])follow this novel, (10[1])whose protagonist can break glass with his scream (10[4])and decides to stop growing at age three. (10[2]0[1])Oskar Matzerath is the protagonist of, for 10 points, what novel by Günter Grass? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: The Tin Drum [or Die Blechtrommel]
<Michael Bentley, Literature - European - Long Fiction&gt; ~22840~ &lt;Editor: Joseph Krol>
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2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y3494%24%0%76.25

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Chris YooThomas Jefferson BWilliam Fremd4920
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson AWinston Churchill A4920
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Ali HamzehKinkaidDallas County5220
Arjun KalaUniversity LabPlymouth5220
Brodie HenryWest PointHoover B5420
Costas PavlouDetroit Country DaySt. Mark's5920
Cindy GaoBelmontBarrington A6520
Yashwanth BajjiTroyDetroit Catholic Central A6610
Camden WilliamsMexicoChoate Rosemary Hall6610
Abigail LeeThomas Jefferson CHeights6610
Sam AsplundWinnebagoHinsdale Central6610
Coby ThammavongRockford Auburn AHunter A6610
Dominic ApapDetroit Catholic Central BRockford Auburn B6610
Keefer LinChattahoochee BMidtown6610
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Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AMaggie Walker C6610
Vincent WangIrvington ANorthmont A6710
Monit KarmakerStevenson AThomas Jefferson D7310
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Evan LinWoodlandDunbar8110
Varun VenkatagiriInnovation Academy BWaukee8510
Kyan van BeekLake HighlandHunter B880
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Jeffrey XuJohns Creek ACanyon Crest9910
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central CMaggie Walker B9910
Ella SheffieldMercer CountyNorthmont B9910
Riona DuncanWalter PaytonWinston Churchill B10710
David BertolasiBelvidereStevenson B1070
Deven YearyWashingtonSaint Joseph10710
Eden BlakemoreJohn Adams AMoberly12210
Ayan KohliHunter BLake Highland1220
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianElkhorn North12210