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

2. What does Ambrose’s father say about the way his family takes vacations?
(a) It is a sign of the deterioration of American life
(b) It is more difficult
(c) It is easier
(d) It is more interesting

3. What does the narrator say is the manuscript mark for italic type?
(a) A straight underline
(b) Highlighting the text
(c) Backward quotation marks
(d) Putting the text in square parentheses

4. What does the narrator suggest may be the name of the bay instead of Assawoman Bay?
(a) Sinepuxent
(b) Chesapeake Bay
(c) East Bay
(d) Oleander Bay

5. What does the operator’s daughter drop on the page on which she is writing in response to Ambrose’s suffering?
(a) A tear
(b) Sand and water
(c) Black ink
(d) Nothing

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is it rumored that the roller coaster was condemned?

2. What does Ambrose think he would rather be than a designer of funhouses?

3. What does Ambrose’s father do with his cigarette when he is finished with it?

4. On what does a machine in the arcade stamp a person’s name?

5. What kind of car is the family taking to Ocean City?

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