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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 Peter is on her left side
(b) Because she is left handed and has a box in her left hand
(c) To shade her from the sun
(d) To protect her from the street

2. What is the most difficult part of riding the carousel only once?
(a) Coming up with the ticket price
(b) Not falling off
(c) Choosing a mount
(d) Not getting a horse near Magda

3. What does Ambrose wonder after he dozes off when he tries to find the old man?
(a) He wonders if his mother is worried
(b) He wonders if he imagined the man
(c) He wonders if maybe he never entered the funhouse and this is just a dream
(d) He wonders how he could have left the room where he saw the man

4. What does Ambrose’s father do for a living?
(a) Insurance agent
(b) Banker
(c) School principal
(d) Accountant

5. What church does Ambrose try to join when he finds out he is not baptized?
(a) Grace Methodist
(b) All Saints Episcopal
(c) John Knox Presbyterian
(d) Collins Baptist Church

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what does Ambrose’s mother chide his father?

2. Why does the narrator call Ambrose’s father a minstrel in reverse that evening?

3. What did the hurricane of 1933 do to Ocean City?

4. What does Ambrose imagine doing if he gets out of the funhouse on his own?

5. Where in the funhouse can the boys see up the girls’ dresses if they try?

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