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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. Over what does Ambrose’s mother chide his father?
(a) Driving too fast
(b) Wasting half a cigarette
(c) Not using his turn signal
(d) For missing the turn off

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

3. What does Ambrose think will happen when he never comes out of the funhouse?
(a) His father will be very angry
(b) Magda will never marry for grief of his death
(c) Peter will marry Magda
(d) The police will come and there will be a story in the paper

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

5. Who sets the price for Magda’s clemency in the game 'niggers and masters'?
(a) It is set in the rules of the game
(b) Peter
(c) Ambrose
(d) Magda

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ambrose think is happening every minute under the Atlantic Ocean?

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

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

5. What example does Ambrose use to show he has more imagination than Peter?

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