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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lost in the Funhouse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of voice does Peter use when pledging to be a good boy?
(a) He talks in a falsetto
(b) A voice with an English accent
(c) A slow, deep voice
(d) He talks in his normal voice

2. Of what kind of material are Ambrose’s pants made?
(a) Cotton
(b) Brushed denim
(c) Gabardine
(d) Polyester

3. What does Ambrose decide the daughter of the funhouse operator, who hears his stories, will think of Ambrose?
(a) That he is a strange boy
(b) That he must be slightly loony
(c) That she hopes he does not decide to write for a living
(d) That he has a truly great imagination

4. Many of what kind of machines are out of order in the penny arcade?
(a) The fortune telling machines
(b) The skit bowling machines
(c) The digger machines
(d) The pinball machines

5. Why does Ambrose keep his hand on the seat behind Magda?
(a) He is determined that Magda is going to sit on his hand
(b) He has a water balloon in his hand
(c) He is going to push her out of the seat when she sits back
(d) It is the most comfortable position for him

Short Answer Questions

1. What sudden thought scares Ambrose when he calls out to a person he hears walking in the funhouse after Ambrose is lost?

2. Over what does Ambrose’s mother chide his father?

3. What is one of the reasons the front passenger is protected more from the sun than the driver?

4. What novelist does the narrator mention as to how that author describes the sea?

5. What does the narrator say is an image an author might use when writing a story about Ocean City during World War II?

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