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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. Where is the imaginary torture chamber to which Magda took Ambrose?
(a) Between the woodshed and the privy
(b) Behind the hedge in the side yard
(c) On the front porch
(d) In the garage

2. Where do Ambrose and his family live?
(a) Maryland
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) Virginia
(d) Delaware

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

4. What does Ambrose’s father find out from the Coast Guardsman?
(a) The water is full of jelly fish
(b) There are no enemy boats off shore
(c) The water is spoiled with crude oil
(d) The waters are clear of sharks

5. What sudden thought scares Ambrose when he calls out to a person he hears walking in the funhouse after Ambrose is lost?
(a) That it is Magda and she will think he is a coward
(b) That he is just imagining the sound of a person
(c) That it is a monster
(d) That it is Peter who will leave him there

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is a symptom of nervous tension?

2. How much money does Ambrose’s mother give each teenager to spend?

3. On what street does Magda live?

4. Of what kind of material are Ambrose’s pants made?

5. What does the operator’s daughter drop on the page on which she is writing in response to Ambrose’s suffering?

(see the answer key)

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