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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 is the most difficult part of riding the carousel only once?
(a) Not getting a horse near Magda
(b) Choosing a mount
(c) Not falling off
(d) Coming up with the ticket price

2. In what situation does the narrator say it is not a good idea for an author to use the first person?
(a) When it is obvious the events could not be real
(b) When it is essential for the narrator to know what every character is thinking
(c) When the narrator identifies too strongly with the narrator
(d) When the story is written for children

3. What does the narrator say Ambrose and Peter’s father never does?
(a) Disciplines the boys
(b) Does not encourage or discourage the boys in their endeavors
(c) He has never administered corporal punishment
(d) He never swears in front of the boys

4. What does Magda pretend to ignore at the swimming pool?
(a) How the swimming suits fit the boys
(b) Ambrose’s poor swimming
(c) Peter’s diving
(d) How other girls look in their swimsuits

5. Where is the imaginary torture chamber to which Magda took Ambrose?
(a) In the garage
(b) Between the woodshed and the privy
(c) Behind the hedge in the side yard
(d) On the front porch

Short Answer Questions

1. What was inked into the wood on the cigar box where the label is peeled away?

2. What does the narrator say is the way to maintain control of one’s voice?

3. What does Ambrose think sounds like bees droning?

4. What does the narrator say triangulation is?

5. What does the old timer at the door tell Ambrose about the tumble-barrel room?

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