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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 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) Go to the municipal pool
(d) Walk along the beach and look for shells

2. What does the narrator suggest may be the name of the bay instead of Assawoman Bay?
(a) Oleander Bay
(b) Sinepuxent
(c) East Bay
(d) Chesapeake Bay

3. What are two of the names Peter came up for his future children as a joke?
(a) Adonis and Adelaide
(b) Rocky and Bullwinkle
(c) Apollo and Artemis
(d) Aloysius and Murgatroyd

4. What does the narrator say is the best thing to do when lost?
(a) Always take the right hand turn
(b) Always mark where you have already walked
(c) Always travel in the same direction
(d) Stay in one place and holler if necessary

5. How does Magda peel a banana?
(a) With both hands
(b) Using one hand and her teeth
(c) She cuts the peel with a fingernail
(d) With her toes

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the floor in the hall after the tumble-barrel room?

2. What does the old timer at the door tell Ambrose about the tumble-barrel room?

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

4. Why does Ambrose think the funhouse cannot be too scary or dangerous?

5. Why does the narrator call Ambrose’s father a minstrel in reverse that evening?

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