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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. Why does the narrator call Ambrose’s father a minstrel in reverse that evening?
(a) He pretends to sing on the street corner
(b) He is covered in Noxzema
(c) He carries his guitar across his back
(d) He could not sing but tried to anyway

2. What does Ambrose’s mother say when Magda wins the Towers game?
(a) Magda won because someone has a girlfriend
(b) She does not get a prize because she is not a member of the family
(c) Females will always win over the males
(d) Magda has better eyes than her sons

3. What does the narrator say Ambrose and Peter’s father never does?
(a) Disciplines the boys
(b) Does not encourage or discourage the boys in their endeavors
(c) He has never administered corporal punishment
(d) He never swears in front of the boys

4. Where in the funhouse can the boys see up the girls’ dresses if they try?
(a) In the walk over the bridge of the dead
(b) Near the end when they hit a super slide
(c) In the tumbling-barrel
(d) In the room of mirrors

5. What was inked into the wood on the cigar box where the label is peeled away?
(a) Imported direct to Florida
(b) Made in Cuba
(c) Inspected by ____
(d) Best of the best

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the imaginary torture chamber to which Magda took Ambrose?

2. What does Uncle Karl do for a living?

3. What does Ambrose’s father do for a living?

4. Why is Ocean City browned out?

5. What does Ambrose wonder about himself when he thinks of scouting?

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