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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 Ambrose imagine reminding his wife of when he is old and gray?
(a) How he could not have won a Nobel prize without her
(b) How his wife is the real force behind his work
(c) How he has been a success
(d) His youthful passions

2. How does Ambrose see an old man who reminds him of his grandfather?
(a) In a mirror
(b) Through a small glass porthole
(c) Through an open door
(d) Through a crack in the boards

3. What does the narrator say a man could do with a mannequin?
(a) Set her up to scare people in the funhouse
(b) Make her look like a gypsy fortune teller
(c) Use her as a guard on the bedroom door
(d) Modify her in certain ways

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

5. What does the narrator say should be the middle of a story about being lost in a fun house?
(a) He does not say what should be in the middle
(b) The narrator thinks there should be no set beginning, middle and end in a story
(c) All the relevant facts between going into the house and getting lost
(d) The middle should start when the main character gets lost

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the family always stop for lunch on the way to Ocean City?

2. What does Ambrose imagine is at the end of the boardwalk in the future when he comes here with his family?

3. What does Ambrose fear is the difference between himself and others?

4. Where are the prizes in the arcade now made?

5. What does Ambrose think would be the reason the daughter would not rescue him?

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