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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 Magda pretend to ignore at the swimming pool?
(a) Peter’s diving
(b) How the swimming suits fit the boys
(c) How other girls look in their swimsuits
(d) Ambrose’s poor swimming

2. What does the old timer at the door tell Ambrose about the tumble-barrel room?
(a) To go crabwise to get an eyeful
(b) To look straight ahead to keep his footing
(c) To hold onto Magda so she won’t fall
(d) To stay on the left of Magda so she’ll fall and he can see up her skirt

3. 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) Everyone has felt what Ambrose feels or no normal person feels such things
(c) Anyone intelligent enough to buy a ticket would not be stupid enough to get lost
(d) No one actually goes into funhouses anymore

4. What does Ambrose think is different about himself from others?
(a) He is an adult in mind even though he is only 13
(b) He understands more than he should
(c) He has the ability to be a true hero
(d) He is smarter than anyone he knows, even his father

5. What nickname does Magda use for Ambrose?
(a) Amy
(b) Am
(c) Brose
(d) Amby

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the primary function of the middle of a story?

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

3. How does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?

4. What novelist does the narrator mention as to how that author describes the sea?

5. Who sets the price for Magda’s clemency in the game 'niggers and masters'?

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