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

2. Where in the funhouse can the boys see up the girls’ dresses if they try?
(a) In the tumbling-barrel
(b) In the walk over the bridge of the dead
(c) In the room of mirrors
(d) Near the end when they hit a super slide

3. What does Ambrose imagine reminding his wife of when he is old and gray?
(a) How he could not have won a Nobel prize without her
(b) How he has been a success
(c) His youthful passions
(d) How his wife is the real force behind his work

4. Why did Ambrose’s mother put off his baptism?
(a) She had just procrastinated
(b) She is not baptized herself
(c) She wanted him to understand the ceremony
(d) She could not decide what church to use

5. What does Ambrose’s father do for a living?
(a) School principal
(b) Banker
(c) Accountant
(d) Insurance agent

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose tell Magda is the reason he is limping?

2. What does the narrator say triangulation is?

3. What does the family decide to do instead of swim in the ocean?

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

5. What does the narrator say is the best thing to do when lost?

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