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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. Where are the electrical towers of the power plant located?
(a) H
(b) V
(c) T
(d) N

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

3. What does the narrator say Ambrose and Peter’s father never does?
(a) He has never administered corporal punishment
(b) He never swears in front of the boys
(c) Does not encourage or discourage the boys in their endeavors
(d) Disciplines the boys

4. What is wrong with the windows of the fortune telling machine?
(a) They are fogged over
(b) Nothing
(c) They are cracked and taped
(d) They are missing

5. What did Ambrose do at his Boy Scout initiation ceremony?
(a) Pretended to be moved
(b) Sang the Boy Scout song by himself
(c) Fell into the fire and burned his shoes
(d) Told the leader that he did not like scouting

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ambrose’s voice if he becomes excited when talking?

2. What does the narrator say alternates back and forth in a narrative?

3. Where does Uncle Karl tell the children not to go?

4. Why is a conventional narrative pattern used, according to the narrator?

5. Why does Ambrose think the funhouse cannot be too scary or dangerous?

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