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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. How does Peter get into the swimming pool?
(a) He makes a swan dive
(b) He goes down the ladder
(c) He cannonballs into the pool
(d) He lies down at the side and rolls into the water

2. What does Ambrose decide he will do for others because of being lost in the funhouse?
(a) He will introduce a law banning funhouses
(b) He will construct funhouses for a living and they will be perfect
(c) He will go in every funhouse he sees and mark the halls
(d) He will stand outside the funhouse and tells others how easy it is to get lost

3. What does the narrator say triangulation is?
(a) It is when two boys like the same girl
(b) Trying to use at least three different descriptions for a character
(c) Determining a position using two or more compass bearings
(d) It is a form of homicide

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Ambrose and Peter’s father never does?

2. How does the narrator say Ambrose feels about a funhouse?

3. What does the family decide to do instead of swim in the ocean?

4. What did the hurricane of 1933 do to Ocean City?

5. What does Ambrose imagine is at the end of the boardwalk in the future when he comes here with his family?

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