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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. Why does Ambrose walk on Magda’s right side when they are on the boardwalk?
(a) To protect her from the street
(b) Because she is left handed and has a box in her left hand
(c) To shade her from the sun
(d) Because Peter is on her left side

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

3. Where do Ambrose and his family live?
(a) Virginia
(b) Delaware
(c) Maryland
(d) Washington D.C.

4. What did Ambrose do at his Boy Scout initiation ceremony?
(a) Sang the Boy Scout song by himself
(b) Pretended to be moved
(c) Told the leader that he did not like scouting
(d) Fell into the fire and burned his shoes

5. What does Ambrose imagine doing with his family years after he is lost in the funhouse?
(a) Reading aloud his account of being lost in the funhouse
(b) Never coming to Ocean City for vacation
(c) Going through the funhouse with him
(d) Coming to the seashore with his own family for vacation

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say alternates back and forth in a narrative?

2. What does Uncle Karl do for a living?

3. Where in the funhouse can the boys see up the girls’ dresses if they try?

4. What does Ambrose think would be the reason the daughter would not rescue him?

5. What does the narrator say is the most distinguishing physical feature of Ambrose’s father?

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