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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 about Magda’s physical figure?
(a) It is too skinny
(b) It is a trifle heavy
(c) It is well developed for her age
(d) It is still pre-adolescent

2. What does the old timer at the door tell Ambrose about the tumble-barrel room?
(a) To go crabwise to get an eyeful
(b) To hold onto Magda so she won’t fall
(c) To stay on the left of Magda so she’ll fall and he can see up her skirt
(d) To look straight ahead to keep his footing

3. What does Ambrose imagine his father saying to him about the people on the boardwalk?
(a) Half of them are probably insane
(b) They are trying to forget the war
(c) Nothing is what it looks like
(d) They are all here just to have some fun

4. Why is a conventional narrative pattern used, according to the narrator?
(a) People have learned by trial and error that it works
(b) It is what they teach in school
(c) There is no conventional narrative pattern
(d) The publishers will not buy literature that does not use it

5. What does Ambrose realize when he is the first person through the tumble-barrel room?
(a) He did not see Magda fall
(b) Peter was taking over with Magda
(c) The point was not to get through it quickly
(d) He dropped his flashlight

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose imagine reminding his wife of when he is old and gray?

2. Why is Ambrose embarrassed when he hands the funhouse ticket woman money for him and Magda?

3. What does Uncle Karl keep in the empty cigar box?

4. What is hanging above the old man’s head in the funhouse?

5. Why does Ambrose think the funhouse cannot be too scary or dangerous?

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