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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 did the hurricane of 1933 do to Ocean City?
(a) Tore up a section of the boardwalk
(b) Broke the fishing pier in half
(c) Blew the roof off the arcade
(d) Cut an inlet from the ocean to Assawoman Bay

2. What does Ambrose think sounds like bees droning?
(a) A noise under the walk where he is standing
(b) The old man snoring
(c) An old, black, wall fan
(d) The noise in his head

3. Why does Magda get angry at the swimming pool?
(a) Peter tries to drag her into the water
(b) A boy she does not know accidentally knocks her into the pool
(c) Uncle Karl pushes her into the pool
(d) Ambrose splashes water in her face

4. What does Ambrose wonder about himself when he thinks of scouting?
(a) Do the boys think he is strange
(b) Will he ever enjoy scouting
(c) Will he quit the troop when they go home
(d) Will he ever become a regular person

5. In what year is it rumored that the roller coaster was condemned?
(a) 1927
(b) 1905
(c) 1916
(d) 1933

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does a machine in the arcade stamp a person’s name?

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

3. What does Ambrose imagine a woman saying to him when he is grown about his words?

4. What kind of tree leaves does Ambrose remember from his younger days?

5. What does Ambrose do after he pushes his glasses up on his nose while the family is driving?

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