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

2. What are two of the names Peter came up for his future children as a joke?
(a) Aloysius and Murgatroyd
(b) Adonis and Adelaide
(c) Apollo and Artemis
(d) Rocky and Bullwinkle

3. What does Ambrose decide the daughter of the funhouse operator, who hears his stories, will think of Ambrose?
(a) That he must be slightly loony
(b) That he has a truly great imagination
(c) That she hopes he does not decide to write for a living
(d) That he is a strange boy

4. What kind of tattoo does Uncle Karl have?
(a) A snake wrapped around his biceps
(b) A U.S. flag
(c) A sea anchor
(d) A heart with an arrow through it

5. What does the narrator say alternates back and forth in a narrative?
(a) Action and dialogue
(b) Exciting parts and boring parts
(c) Characterization and Description
(d) Dramatization and summarization

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car is the family taking to Ocean City?

2. What is Uncle Karl told is the reason there will be no fireworks that night?

3. What is one of the reasons the front passenger is protected more from the sun than the driver?

4. Why did Peter leave the game of Niggers and Masters that he, Ambrose, and Magda were playing?

5. In what situation does the narrator say it is not a good idea for an author to use the first person?

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