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

2. Why does Ambrose think the funhouse cannot be too scary or dangerous?
(a) He has seen children go inside
(b) The owner would go out of business
(c) It is called a funhouse
(d) That is only his hope, not an actual belief

3. What does Ambrose think about him being a brother to Peter?
(a) Ambrose is a good brother
(b) Ambrose and Peter will never be close friends
(c) Peter enjoys having a brother who looks up to him
(d) Peter would be better off with a brother who is normal

4. What does the narrator say is the way to maintain control of one’s voice?
(a) Talking soberly and listening consciously to your voice
(b) Speak very quickly
(c) Watch other people’s lips and follow their lead
(d) Speak in as deep a voice as possible

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose wish for at the end of the story?

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

3. What is the name of the character who is advertising the funhouse?

4. What does Ambrose finally figure out about his father’s reaction when Ambrose says he is going through the funhouse with Magda?

5. What novelist does the narrator mention as to how that author describes the sea?

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