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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 the narrator say alternates back and forth in a narrative?
(a) Characterization and Description
(b) Dramatization and summarization
(c) Exciting parts and boring parts
(d) Action and dialogue

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

3. The narrator says italics should be used how often?
(a) Never
(b) They should be used on every page
(c) Very often to clarify the writing
(d) They should be used sparingly

4. How does Ambrose feel about Uncle Karl?
(a) He does not know how he feels about Uncle Karl
(b) He has no feelings towards Uncle Karl
(c) He really likes him
(d) He despises Uncle Karl

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’s father say about the way his family takes vacations?

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

3. What does Ambrose wonder after he dozes off when he tries to find the old man?

4. What does the narrator say Independence Day is in America?

5. What do most people do when they hear the funhouse character through the loud speakers?

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