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

2. What does Ambrose imagine his father saying to him about the people on the boardwalk?
(a) They are all here just to have some fun
(b) They are trying to forget the war
(c) Half of them are probably insane
(d) Nothing is what it looks like

3. What does Ambrose tell Magda is the reason he is limping?
(a) He stubbed his toe
(b) His foot fell asleep in the car
(c) He twisted his ankle
(d) He has a pebble in his shoe

4. Why can’t they locate Ambrose in the funhouse?
(a) He is hiding
(b) He is not in the funhouse
(c) They don’t know where to look
(d) They are not looking for Ambrose

5. Why does Ambrose think the funhouse cannot be too scary or dangerous?
(a) That is only his hope, not an actual belief
(b) The owner would go out of business
(c) He has seen children go inside
(d) It is called a funhouse

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose think will happen when he never comes out of the funhouse?

2. What scares Ambrose about playing the game Niggers and Masters with Magda without Peter?

3. What does the narrator say is the most distinguishing physical feature of Ambrose’s father?

4. What does the narrator call the diagram that represents conventional dramatic narrative?

5. Why does Peter insist they stand by the funhouse?

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