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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 think about being himself?
(a) He is too much like his father
(b) He does not know himself so he cannot be it
(c) There are other people inside him
(d) He would rather be Peter

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

3. How much money does Ambrose’s mother give each teenager to spend?
(a) One dollar
(b) Fifty cents
(c) Two dollars
(d) One and a half dollars

4. What does the narrator say is the primary function of the middle of a story?
(a) The middle of a story contains the climax so the end can finish with the resolution
(b) He does not think there is a function to the middle of a story, only the beginning and end.
(c) To delay the climax
(d) He is uncertain what the function should be

5. What does Ambrose imagine doing if he gets out of the funhouse on his own?
(a) Going to the swimming pool
(b) Strolling up behind his family and pretending he’s been out for hours
(c) Sneaking up on Peter and pushing Peter into the pool
(d) Going to the family car and taking a nap

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the windows of the fortune telling machine?

2. Why is Ambrose embarrassed when he hands the funhouse ticket woman money for him and Magda?

3. What did Ambrose do at his Boy Scout initiation ceremony?

4. What does Ambrose wonder about himself when he thinks of scouting?

5. What happens when Uncle Karl taps his cigar out the ventilator window?

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