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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 are two of the names Peter came up for his future children as a joke?
(a) Adonis and Adelaide
(b) Rocky and Bullwinkle
(c) Apollo and Artemis
(d) Aloysius and Murgatroyd

2. What was inked into the wood on the cigar box where the label is peeled away?
(a) Made in Cuba
(b) Imported direct to Florida
(c) Best of the best
(d) Inspected by ____

3. Why does the narrator call Ambrose’s father a minstrel in reverse that evening?
(a) He pretends to sing on the street corner
(b) He carries his guitar across his back
(c) He is covered in Noxzema
(d) He could not sing but tried to anyway

4. What does the narrator say is an image an author might use when writing a story about Ocean City during World War II?
(a) Sailors on leave playing in the arcades
(b) Patrols on the beach
(c) The oil on the ocean
(d) Sailors pulling their girls under the boardwalk

5. Where does the worst of the sun come into the car?
(a) On the right side
(b) Through the windshield
(c) In the back window
(d) On the left side

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old timer at the door tell Ambrose about the tumble-barrel room?

2. How old is Peter?

3. What kind of car is the family taking to Ocean City?

4. What did Ambrose try to do when he was baptized?

5. What does Ambrose think would be the reason the daughter would not rescue him?

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