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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 does the narrator say might provide a foreshadowing of the story’s climax?
(a) How Magda takes Peter’s arm in the arcade
(b) The way the clouds cover the sun
(c) What the fortune teller machine would say if Ambrose played it
(d) The three children getting lost in the Arcade

2. What does Ambrose’s mother do for Uncle Karl in the car while they are driving to Ocean City?
(a) Gets the cigar lighter for him
(b) Reads the map for him
(c) Gives him a sandwich to eat
(d) Nothing

3. What does the operator’s daughter drop on the page on which she is writing in response to Ambrose’s suffering?
(a) Nothing
(b) Sand and water
(c) A tear
(d) Black ink

4. What does the matchbook cover Ambrose’s father has advertise?
(a) A new casino in Ocean City
(b) Safety during a blackout
(c) The new Sears Roebuck stores
(d) U.S. War bonds and stamps

5. What does Peter do that makes Magda chase him into the maze room?
(a) Pinches her backside
(b) Pushes his hand under her blouse
(c) Slaps her on the backside
(d) Kisses her on the forehead

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose think is a disappointment to eat even though they look good?

2. Why does Magda get angry at the swimming pool?

3. On what is the old man Ambrose sees in the funhouse sitting?

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

5. What does Uncle Karl say Ambrose’s future family will use to go on vacation?

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