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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. Where does Magda’s rest her right hand while the family is driving to Ocean City?
(a) On the seat near Ambrose’s left leg
(b) On the back of the front passenger seat
(c) On her lap
(d) On the door’s armrest

2. What sudden thought scares Ambrose when he calls out to a person he hears walking in the funhouse after Ambrose is lost?
(a) That it is Magda and she will think he is a coward
(b) That he is just imagining the sound of a person
(c) That it is Peter who will leave him there
(d) That it is a monster

3. What does Magda pretend to ignore at the swimming pool?
(a) Ambrose’s poor swimming
(b) How other girls look in their swimsuits
(c) How the swimming suits fit the boys
(d) Peter’s diving

4. What does Ambrose imagine his father saying to him about the people on the boardwalk?
(a) They are all here just to have some fun
(b) Nothing is what it looks like
(c) Half of them are probably insane
(d) They are trying to forget the war

5. With what does Ambrose brush Magda’s skirt?
(a) His forearm
(b) A hair on his thumb
(c) His ring finger
(d) He does not touch Magda’s skirt

Short Answer Questions

1. What sets beside the lady on the cigar box?

2. What does Ambrose do after he pushes his glasses up on his nose while the family is driving?

3. What does Ambrose notice is missing that causes Ambrose to falter when he is lost in a dark area of the funhouse?

4. What does the narrator say triangulation is?

5. What novelist does the narrator mention as to how that author describes the sea?

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