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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 think about being himself?
(a) He does not know himself so he cannot be it
(b) There are other people inside him
(c) He is too much like his father
(d) He would rather be Peter

2. What does Ambrose think he would rather be than a designer of funhouses?
(a) He does not have any idea what he would rather do
(b) He’d rather be among the lovers for whom they are designed
(c) He’d even rather be a boy scout leader
(d) He’d rather write stories about being lost in the funhouse

3. What does Ambrose decide he will do for others because of being lost in the funhouse?
(a) He will construct funhouses for a living and they will be perfect
(b) He will stand outside the funhouse and tells others how easy it is to get lost
(c) He will introduce a law banning funhouses
(d) He will go in every funhouse he sees and mark the halls

4. Where does Uncle Karl tell the children not to go?
(a) To any of the bars that serve liquor
(b) To any casino
(c) Under the boardwalk
(d) In the ocean

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose imagine about his work when he is an adult?

2. What does the narrator say could be one way for girls to become well-developed?

3. What does the matchbook cover Ambrose’s father has advertise?

4. What is the most difficult part of riding the carousel only once?

5. Why might an author in fiction delete a name and use a blank for it?

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