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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 Uncle Karl keep in the empty cigar box?
(a) Chisels
(b) Looses screws and bolts
(c) Pictures of famous actresses
(d) Poker chips

2. What does Ambrose imagine is at the end of the boardwalk in the future when he comes here with his family?
(a) A few derelict amusements
(b) A sign that talks of his famous writings that began in the funhouse
(c) He imagines seeing the operator’s daughter for the first time
(d) A monument to his suffering in the funhouse

3. What does Ambrose tell Magda is the reason he is limping?
(a) He has a pebble in his shoe
(b) His foot fell asleep in the car
(c) He stubbed his toe
(d) He twisted his ankle

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

5. What is wrong with the windows of the fortune telling machine?
(a) Nothing
(b) They are missing
(c) They are cracked and taped
(d) They are fogged over

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Uncle Karl told is the reason there will be no fireworks that night?

2. What does the narrator say might provide a foreshadowing of the story’s climax?

3. Where are the prizes in the arcade now made?

4. What does Ambrose imagine a woman saying to him when he is grown about his words?

5. Where does Magda’s rest her right hand while the family is driving to Ocean City?

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