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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 is Uncle Karl told is the reason there will be no fireworks that night?
(a) There is a shortage of materials
(b) The town does not have the money
(c) Because of enemy submarines
(d) There is going to be a strong thunderstorm that evening

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

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

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

5. What does Ambrose decide he will do for others because of being lost in the funhouse?
(a) He will introduce a law banning funhouses
(b) He will construct funhouses for a living and they will be perfect
(c) He will stand outside the funhouse and tells others how easy it is to get lost
(d) He will go in every funhouse he sees and mark the halls

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ambrose go under the boardwalk?

2. What does the narrator say is the manuscript mark for italic type?

3. Why might an author in fiction delete a name and use a blank for it?

4. What does Ambrose know he will teach his son?

5. What does Ambrose think a perfect funhouse would contain?

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