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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 is the most distinguishing physical feature of Ambrose’s father?
(a) He wears glasses
(b) He is very tall
(c) He is quite fat
(d) He has red hair

2. What does the narrator say is the manuscript mark for italic type?
(a) Highlighting the text
(b) A straight underline
(c) Putting the text in square parentheses
(d) Backward quotation marks

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

4. What does the narrator say Independence Day is in America?
(a) A time to eat hot dogs
(b) The most important secular holiday in America
(c) A minor religious holiday
(d) Just an excuse for a day off work

5. What is hanging above the old man’s head in the funhouse?
(a) A panel of toggle switches
(b) A war poster
(c) A tapestry
(d) A chain and pulley

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sets the price for Magda’s clemency in the game 'niggers and masters'?

2. What does the narrator say a man could do with a mannequin?

3. Where in the funhouse can the boys see up the girls’ dresses if they try?

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

5. Why does Peter insist they stand by the funhouse?

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