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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 happening as he tells stories to himself, alone in the funhouse?
(a) That the police hear him and bring him out of the funhouse
(b) That his voice will get more and more quiet until he is finally whispering
(c) That he will become a great writer and win a Nobel prize in literature
(d) That an operator hears him and writes down every word

2. Why might an author in fiction delete a name and use a blank for it?
(a) The editors prefer to decide on characters’ names
(b) It makes the fiction look real
(c) The author cannot decide on a good name for a character
(d) The author does not want to get sued

3. Of what are cigar boxes made in the present time in the story?
(a) Plastic
(b) Wood
(c) Cigars are not sold in boxes during the war
(d) Pasteboard

4. What does Ambrose’s father say about the way his family takes vacations?
(a) It is a sign of the deterioration of American life
(b) It is more interesting
(c) It is more difficult
(d) It is easier

5. What does Ambrose know he will teach his son?
(a) How to ignore the adolescent hormones
(b) How to fish and softcrab
(c) How to walk next to a girl
(d) How to pick up girls

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is a way to save face if one is lost when one is found?

2. How does Ambrose feel about Uncle Karl?

3. What do Peter and Magda do while Ambrose’s father is searching for Ambrose?

4. What does Ambrose think about him being a brother to Peter?

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

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