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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 is a conventional narrative pattern used, according to the narrator?
(a) There is no conventional narrative pattern
(b) People have learned by trial and error that it works
(c) It is what they teach in school
(d) The publishers will not buy literature that does not use it

2. What does the narrator say is the way to maintain control of one’s voice?
(a) Speak in as deep a voice as possible
(b) Speak very quickly
(c) Talking soberly and listening consciously to your voice
(d) Watch other people’s lips and follow their lead

3. What kind of voice does Peter use when pledging to be a good boy?
(a) He talks in a falsetto
(b) A slow, deep voice
(c) He talks in his normal voice
(d) A voice with an English accent

4. What does Ambrose’s father do with his cigarette when he is finished with it?
(a) Puts it out in the ashtray
(b) Gives to Uncle Karl
(c) Hands it to his wife
(d) Throws it out the window

5. What is one of the reasons the front passenger is protected more from the sun than the driver?
(a) The sun does not come in on that side of the car
(b) There is an extra window shade for the side window on the passenger side
(c) The passenger can hang a towel over the window
(d) The sun visor can be put all the way down

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose decide the daughter of the funhouse operator, who hears his stories, will think of Ambrose?

2. What does Ambrose’s father say about the way his family takes vacations?

3. What does the narrator say giving descriptions with two different senses, such as auditory and visual, can do?

4. With what does Ambrose brush Magda’s skirt?

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

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