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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 will Ambrose tell his son when his son becomes thirteen years old?
(a) That he never planned to have children
(b) That his first love was Magda
(c) That he got lost in the funhouse
(d) That his son is normal and that everyone goes through it

2. Why is Ambrose embarrassed when he hands the funhouse ticket woman money for him and Magda?
(a) He is not embarrassed at the entrance
(b) He does not have enough money
(c) He thinks the woman knows why he is going inside with Magda
(d) He accidentally gives her his name coin

3. What word does the narrator use to describe fiction about the problems of sensitive adolescents?
(a) Boring
(b) Tiresome
(c) Hackneyed
(d) Interesting

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

5. What do most people do when they hear the funhouse character through the loud speakers?
(a) Listen carefully to what it is saying
(b) Frown
(c) Laugh
(d) Stop and stare

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is a way to save face if one is lost when one is found?

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

3. What did Ambrose say to Magda in the tool shed after she was done with her punishment?

4. What literary device does the narrator say diving into the swimming pool could be?

5. Why is Ocean City browned out?

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