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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 wish for at the end of the story?
(a) That he had never entered the funhouse and that he was dead
(b) That the funhouse had never been built
(c) That Magda was with him
(d) That he was already an adult

2. What example does Ambrose use to show he has more imagination than Peter?
(a) Knowing exactly how it will feel to be married
(b) Describing a trip to the moon
(c) Talking about life at college in detail
(d) Telling Peter how Magda will look as an adult

3. Where does Uncle Karl tell the children not to go?
(a) To any casino
(b) To any of the bars that serve liquor
(c) Under the boardwalk
(d) In the ocean

4. Why does the narrator call Ambrose’s father a minstrel in reverse that evening?
(a) He could not sing but tried to anyway
(b) He pretends to sing on the street corner
(c) He is covered in Noxzema
(d) He carries his guitar across his back

5. What does Ambrose think about him being a brother to Peter?
(a) Ambrose and Peter will never be close friends
(b) Peter enjoys having a brother who looks up to him
(c) Ambrose is a good brother
(d) Peter would be better off with a brother who is normal

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Independence Day is in America?

2. What does Ambrose see through the shoulders of Magda’s sundress when she leans forward to look for the Towers?

3. What sudden thought scares Ambrose when he calls out to a person he hears walking in the funhouse after Ambrose is lost?

4. What does Ambrose do after he pushes his glasses up on his nose while the family is driving?

5. What is hanging above the old man’s head in the funhouse?

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