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

2. What does the narrator say alternates back and forth in a narrative?
(a) Dramatization and summarization
(b) Exciting parts and boring parts
(c) Action and dialogue
(d) Characterization and Description

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

4. What does Ambrose imagine is at the end of the boardwalk in the future when he comes here with his family?
(a) He imagines seeing the operator’s daughter for the first time
(b) A monument to his suffering in the funhouse
(c) A few derelict amusements
(d) A sign that talks of his famous writings that began in the funhouse

5. How does Magda peel a banana?
(a) With both hands
(b) With her toes
(c) Using one hand and her teeth
(d) She cuts the peel with a fingernail

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are the electrical towers of the power plant located?

3. The narrator says italics should be used how often?

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

5. What does Ambrose decide he will do for others because of being lost in the funhouse?

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