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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. Where does Ambrose spy a half dollar?
(a) Just inside the entrance of the funhouse
(b) In the grass on the side of the sidewalk
(c) On the sidewalk behind him
(d) In the street

2. What does Ambrose imagine a woman saying to him when he is grown about his words?
(a) He has a poor understanding of grammar
(b) He talks too much about himself
(c) His words are what makes him precious to her
(d) He does not talk enough

3. What does Ambrose wonder about himself when he thinks of scouting?
(a) Will he quit the troop when they go home
(b) Will he ever become a regular person
(c) Do the boys think he is strange
(d) Will he ever enjoy scouting

4. Why does Ambrose think the funhouse cannot be too scary or dangerous?
(a) The owner would go out of business
(b) That is only his hope, not an actual belief
(c) It is called a funhouse
(d) He has seen children go inside

5. What does Ambrose think will happen when he never comes out of the funhouse?
(a) The police will come and there will be a story in the paper
(b) Magda will never marry for grief of his death
(c) His father will be very angry
(d) Peter will marry Magda

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say to count a generation in years?

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

3. What did Ambrose do at his Boy Scout initiation ceremony?

4. What does the narrator say the climax of this story must be?

5. What does Ambrose know is the strategy for spying the Towers first?

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