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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 Ambrose walk on Magda’s right side when they are on the boardwalk?
(a) Because she is left handed and has a box in her left hand
(b) To protect her from the street
(c) Because Peter is on her left side
(d) To shade her from the sun

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 look straight ahead to keep his footing
(c) To hold onto Magda so she won’t fall
(d) To stay on the left of Magda so she’ll fall and he can see up her skirt

3. What does the narrator say is the emotional age of an adolescent boy compared to a girl?
(a) They are the same
(b) One year older
(c) Two years younger
(d) Three years younger

4. Of what does Ambrose warn Magda when he asks her to go through the funhouse with him?
(a) That he plans to look up her dress
(b) That Peter will not be with them as Peter has no money
(c) That a kiss will be acceptable payment for spending a quarter on her
(d) That he has never been through the funhouse

5. What will Ambrose tell his son when his son becomes thirteen years old?
(a) That his first love was Magda
(b) That he never planned to have children
(c) That he got lost in the funhouse
(d) That his son is normal and that everyone goes through it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say might provide a foreshadowing of the story’s climax?

2. What does the narrator say is the way to maintain control of one’s voice?

3. How does the funhouse character in front of the building act?

4. What does Ambrose decide to do when he hears people in the corridor when he is lost?

5. When Ambrose’s father was a young teen how did his family go on vacation?

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