Lost in the Funhouse Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Lost in the Funhouse Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most people do when they hear the funhouse character through the loud speakers?
(a) Frown
(b) Listen carefully to what it is saying
(c) Laugh
(d) Stop and stare

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

3. Why does Ambrose walk on Magda’s right side when they are on the boardwalk?
(a) Because Peter is on her left side
(b) To protect her from the street
(c) To shade her from the sun
(d) Because she is left handed and has a box in her left hand

4. What does the narrator say is the best thing to do when lost?
(a) Stay in one place and holler if necessary
(b) Always mark where you have already walked
(c) Always travel in the same direction
(d) Always take the right hand turn

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

6. 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

7. How does the funhouse character in front of the building act?
(a) It rocks on its heels and slaps its thighs
(b) It is a statue so it just stands there
(c) It bows and points to the door
(d) It rolls its eyes, sticks out its tongue and wags its finger

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

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

10. How does the narrator say Ambrose feels about a funhouse?
(a) Ambrose thinks funhouses are stupid
(b) Ambrose thinks they are funny
(c) Ambrose feels fear and confused about the funhouse
(d) Ambrose thinks funhouses are false

11. What does Uncle Karl do for a living?
(a) Is a school teacher
(b) Works in a munitions factory
(c) Is a masonry contractor
(d) Has a plumbing business

12. What does Ambrose know is the strategy for spying the Towers first?
(a) Sit on the right side of the car
(b) Sit in the front seat
(c) Look out the driver’s mirror
(d) Sit on the left side of the car

13. What does Ambrose fear is the difference between himself and others?
(a) He will never become a man
(b) He is insane
(c) He is not smart
(d) He is socially incompetent

14. What happened in roller coaster car in the early 1900’s?
(a) It came off the track as the riders were boarding it.
(b) It was struck by lightning
(c) It ran off the track and sailed over the boardwalk
(d) It had a rattlesnake in it

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two of the names Peter came up for his future children as a joke?

2. What does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?

3. What is Uncle Karl told is the reason there will be no fireworks that night?

4. What does the narrator say could be one way for girls to become well-developed?

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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