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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’s mother do for Uncle Karl in the car while they are driving to Ocean City?
(a) Reads the map for him
(b) Gives him a sandwich to eat
(c) Nothing
(d) Gets the cigar lighter for him

2. Why does Ambrose go under the boardwalk?
(a) To look for shells
(b) To see if anyone is under there making out
(c) To look for match books
(d) To steal a kiss from Magda

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

4. What does the family decide to do instead of swim in the ocean?
(a) Sunbath and then rinse off in the outdoor showers
(b) They are going to swim in the ocean
(c) Walk along the beach and look for shells
(d) Go to the municipal pool

5. From what point of view does Ambrose narrate the story of his life to himself?
(a) First person point of view
(b) Second person limited
(c) Third person
(d) He does not narrate the story of his life

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sets the price for Magda’s clemency in the game 'niggers and masters'?

2. What does Ambrose think is the means by which each room in the funhouse is turned on?

3. What novelist does the narrator mention as to how that author describes the sea?

4. What does the narrator say a man could do with a mannequin?

5. What does Ambrose finally figure out about his father’s reaction when Ambrose says he is going through the funhouse with Magda?

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