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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. For what does Ambrose think there should be a button?
(a) A button that would let his father know where Ambrose is located
(b) For calling the funhouse attendant
(c) For ending one’s life quickly and painlessly
(d) For turning on all the lights in the funhouse at one time

2. Where does the family always stop for lunch on the way to Ocean City?
(a) At Ambrose’s aunt’s house
(b) At MacDonald’s
(c) At a picnic ground two miles from the ocean
(d) At the Two Shoe Diner

3. What sudden thought scares Ambrose when he calls out to a person he hears walking in the funhouse after Ambrose is lost?
(a) That it is a monster
(b) That it is Magda and she will think he is a coward
(c) That he is just imagining the sound of a person
(d) That it is Peter who will leave him there

4. On what does a machine in the arcade stamp a person’s name?
(a) A US penny
(b) A tin plate
(c) A white metal coin
(d) A piece of cardboard

5. What does Ambrose think about being himself?
(a) He does not know himself so he cannot be it
(b) He would rather be Peter
(c) There are other people inside him
(d) He is too much like his father

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?

2. In what situation does the narrator say it is not a good idea for an author to use the first person?

3. What does Magda pretend to ignore at the swimming pool?

4. What did Ambrose feel during Magda enacting her punishment?

5. Why did Ambrose’s mother put off his baptism?

(see the answer key)

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