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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the emotional age of an adolescent boy compared to a girl?
(a) They are the same
(b) One year older
(c) Two years younger
(d) Three years younger

2. What nickname does Magda use for Ambrose?
(a) Amby
(b) Amy
(c) Am
(d) Brose

3. What kind of car is the family taking to Ocean City?
(a) 1938 Ford station wagon
(b) 1940 Plymouth Valiant
(c) 1936 LaSalle sedan
(d) 1937 Ford Cabriolet

4. 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

5. What does Uncle Karl say Ambrose’s future family will use to go on vacation?
(a) A subway built underground across America
(b) A flying Autogiros
(c) A train
(d) A moving sidewalk

6. What is the name of the character who is advertising the funhouse?
(a) Crazy Lucy
(b) Fat May
(c) Princess Laurel
(d) Aunt Polly

7. In what year is it rumored that the roller coaster was condemned?
(a) 1916
(b) 1927
(c) 1905
(d) 1933

8. Where does Uncle Karl tell the children not to go?
(a) In the ocean
(b) To any of the bars that serve liquor
(c) Under the boardwalk
(d) To any casino

9. What does Peter do that makes Magda chase him into the maze room?
(a) Pinches her backside
(b) Slaps her on the backside
(c) Pushes his hand under her blouse
(d) Kisses her on the forehead

10. What does Ambrose think would be the reason the daughter would not rescue him?
(a) She thinks he is crazy
(b) She is too afraid of the dark
(c) Her father will not allow her to find Ambrose
(d) She believes he must be alone and suffering to achieve greatness

11. What does Ambrose finally figure out about his father’s reaction when Ambrose says he is going through the funhouse with Magda?
(a) His father thought it was humorous
(b) His father wonders if Ambrose knows what goes on in a funhouse
(c) His father does not want Ambrose going without Peter
(d) His father is thinking about taking his mother also

12. What did Ambrose try to do when he was baptized?
(a) Bring tears to his eyes
(b) He tried not to laugh
(c) Swim in the baptismal pond
(d) He tried not to cry

13. What does the narrator say is a symptom of nervous tension?
(a) Staring off into the distance
(b) Violent, repeating yawning
(c) Shuffling one’s feet
(d) Pacing

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is hanging above the old man’s head in the funhouse?

2. Where are the electrical towers of the power plant located?

3. What did Ambrose feel during Magda enacting her punishment?

4. What does Ambrose think is the means by which each room in the funhouse is turned on?

5. What does Ambrose’s mother tell the children about the money they are given?

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