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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 is one of the reasons the front passenger is protected more from the sun than the driver?
(a) There is an extra window shade for the side window on the passenger side
(b) The passenger can hang a towel over the window
(c) The sun visor can be put all the way down
(d) The sun does not come in on that side of the car

2. Why did Peter leave the game of Niggers and Masters that he, Ambrose, and Magda were playing?
(a) His father wanted him to mow the lawn
(b) His girlfriend came over
(c) He was losing
(d) He had to deliver newspapers

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

4. 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 does not want Ambrose going without Peter
(b) His father thought it was humorous
(c) His father wonders if Ambrose knows what goes on in a funhouse
(d) His father is thinking about taking his mother also

5. What does Ambrose think is different about himself from others?
(a) He has the ability to be a true hero
(b) He is smarter than anyone he knows, even his father
(c) He understands more than he should
(d) He is an adult in mind even though he is only 13

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Ambrose use to show he has more imagination than Peter?

2. Ambrose thinks everything one sees in Ocean City is preparation and intermission for what?

3. What does the narrator say is the primary function of the middle of a story?

4. At what age are people when the narrator says some people hit their stride?

5. Why have Ambrose and his family come to Ocean City?

(see the answer key)

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