Question

In a novel set in this city, a character persuades his childhood friend to join the military so he can obtain uniforms to dress his scarecrows in. A character from this city sleeps with his (10[1])stepmother, leading to both him and his father considering Kurt their son. A boy from this city is not allowed to speak at his old school after being awarded a badge of honor because he was expelled for stealing a commander’s badge of the same type. “The Great Mahlke” is the protagonist of a novella set in this city titled Cat and Mouse. (10[2])A (10[1])character [emphasize] from this city (10[1])joins a gang called “the Dusters” and stops growing at the age of three. (10[1])That character from this city has a glass-shattering scream. For 10 points, Oskar Matzerath is from what city, the setting of a Gunter Grass trilogy which includes The Tin Drum? (10[1]0[5])■END■

ANSWER: Danzig [or Free City of Danzig; accept the Danzig Trilogy; accept Gdańsk, Poland]
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y978%0%0%99.14

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU ARutgers A3410
Richard NiuCornell CYale A9710
Jack RadoColumbia BYale B9710
Ethan FurmanHaverfordVassar9810
William GrogerColumbia APenn A10310
Ashish KumbhardareRowan APrinceton A11710
Rico-ian BantingNYU BBard A1480
Cyrus HodgsonBard ANYU B1480
Srikar VenkatesanPenn BRutgers B1480
Simon EmmanuelRutgers BPenn B1480
Jupiter DingPrinceton BYale C14810
Yixi YangYale CPrinceton B1480