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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 know he will teach his son?
(a) How to fish and softcrab
(b) How to pick up girls
(c) How to walk next to a girl
(d) How to ignore the adolescent hormones

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 essential for the narrator to know what every character is thinking
(b) When the narrator identifies too strongly with the narrator
(c) When it is obvious the events could not be real
(d) When the story is written for children

3. Who sets the price for Magda’s clemency in the game 'niggers and masters'?
(a) It is set in the rules of the game
(b) Peter
(c) Magda
(d) Ambrose

4. What is on the floor in the hall after the tumble-barrel room?
(a) Gooey pink stuff
(b) Strobe lights
(c) Water
(d) Spinning discs

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a conventional narrative pattern used, according to the narrator?

2. What does the narrator say might happen if Ambrose comes across another lost person in the funhouse?

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

4. What does Ambrose imagine doing with his family years after he is lost in the funhouse?

5. What does Ambrose notice about the people going into the funhouse?

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