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

2. How does Ambrose feel about Uncle Karl?
(a) He does not know how he feels about Uncle Karl
(b) He really likes him
(c) He has no feelings towards Uncle Karl
(d) He despises Uncle Karl

3. What literary device does the narrator say diving into the swimming pool could be?
(a) A metaphor
(b) A narrative contrivance
(c) A symbol
(d) Irony

4. What does Ambrose imagine people think when years after he is still lost in the funhouse they find his skeleton?
(a) Is that skeleton a real one?
(b) He must have been a really stupid person to stay lost
(c) He must have lived alone since no one came looking for him
(d) He must be part of the entertainment in the funhouse

5. What does the narrator say Independence Day is in America?
(a) A minor religious holiday
(b) The most important secular holiday in America
(c) A time to eat hot dogs
(d) Just an excuse for a day off work

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is irrelevant in a story about a fun house?

2. What is one of the reasons the front passenger is protected more from the sun than the driver?

3. What did Ambrose do at his Boy Scout initiation ceremony?

4. What does Ambrose think he would rather be than a designer of funhouses?

5. What is the most difficult part of riding the carousel only once?

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