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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. Many of what kind of machines are out of order in the penny arcade?
(a) The fortune telling machines
(b) The digger machines
(c) The pinball machines
(d) The skit bowling machines

2. Of what does Ambrose warn Magda when he asks her to go through the funhouse with him?
(a) That Peter will not be with them as Peter has no money
(b) That he plans to look up her dress
(c) That he has never been through the funhouse
(d) That a kiss will be acceptable payment for spending a quarter on her

3. What does Uncle Karl say Ambrose’s future family will use to go on vacation?
(a) A train
(b) A subway built underground across America
(c) A flying Autogiros
(d) A moving sidewalk

4. What does Ambrose imagine doing if he gets out of the funhouse on his own?
(a) Strolling up behind his family and pretending he’s been out for hours
(b) Going to the swimming pool
(c) Sneaking up on Peter and pushing Peter into the pool
(d) Going to the family car and taking a nap

5. What does the narrator say is a way to save face if one is lost when one is found?
(a) Act surprised at the fuss and pretend you were never lost
(b) Pretend you were trying to find a lost child you heard crying
(c) Start to cry when asked a question
(d) Say you were chasing a dog who got into the funhouse

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Magda pretend to ignore at the swimming pool?

2. What is on the floor in the hall after the tumble-barrel room?

3. What does Ambrose imagine people think when years after he is still lost in the funhouse they find his skeleton?

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

5. What is Uncle Karl told is the reason there will be no fireworks that night?

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