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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. Ambrose thinks everything one sees in Ocean City is preparation and intermission for what?
(a) Growing up
(b) Sex
(c) Winning the war
(d) Life

2. What does the narrator say to count a generation in years?
(a) Thirty-five years
(b) Twenty years
(c) Thirty years
(d) Twenty-five years

3. What does Ambrose finally figure out about his father’s reaction when Ambrose says he is going through the funhouse with Magda?
(a) His father is thinking about taking his mother also
(b) His father thought it was humorous
(c) His father wonders if Ambrose knows what goes on in a funhouse
(d) His father does not want Ambrose going without Peter

4. What does Uncle Karl do for a living?
(a) Has a plumbing business
(b) Works in a munitions factory
(c) Is a masonry contractor
(d) Is a school teacher

5. What does the narrator say is the most distinguishing physical feature of Ambrose’s father?
(a) He has red hair
(b) He is quite fat
(c) He is very tall
(d) He wears glasses

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the usual reward for the first person to see the towers?

2. What does the narrator say could be one way for girls to become well-developed?

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

4. Over what does Ambrose’s mother chide his father?

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

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