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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 Ambrose’s father say about the way his family takes vacations?
(a) It is more difficult
(b) It is easier
(c) It is more interesting
(d) It is a sign of the deterioration of American life

2. What does the narrator call the diagram that represents conventional dramatic narrative?
(a) A conflict analysis
(b) A Freitag’s Triangle
(c) An exposition square
(d) A plot flowchart

3. What are two of the names Peter came up for his future children as a joke?
(a) Apollo and Artemis
(b) Adonis and Adelaide
(c) Rocky and Bullwinkle
(d) Aloysius and Murgatroyd

4. What does the narrator say are the two reasons for not writing a story about being lost in a funhouse?
(a) Anyone intelligent enough to buy a ticket would not be stupid enough to get lost
(b) Everyone has felt what Ambrose feels or no normal person feels such things
(c) It would be a boring story with little action or plot
(d) No one actually goes into funhouses anymore

5. What does the narrator say the climax of this story must be?
(a) Ambrose getting a kiss from Magda
(b) Ambrose realizing he is a normal young teen
(c) Ambrose telling Magda he loves her
(d) Ambrose finding his way out of the funhouse

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ambrose spy a half dollar?

2. How many times a year does Ambrose’s family come to Ocean City?

3. Why did Ambrose’s mother put off his baptism?

4. Of what kind of material are Ambrose’s pants made?

5. How does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?

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