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

2. What is the most difficult part of riding the carousel only once?
(a) Not falling off
(b) Coming up with the ticket price
(c) Choosing a mount
(d) Not getting a horse near Magda

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

4. What does the matchbook cover Ambrose’s father has advertise?
(a) U.S. War bonds and stamps
(b) Safety during a blackout
(c) The new Sears Roebuck stores
(d) A new casino in Ocean City

5. What does the narrator say is the way to maintain control of one’s voice?
(a) Speak in as deep a voice as possible
(b) Speak very quickly
(c) Watch other people’s lips and follow their lead
(d) Talking soberly and listening consciously to your voice

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say might provide a foreshadowing of the story’s climax?

2. What does Ambrose imagine is at the end of the boardwalk in the future when he comes here with his family?

3. At what age are people when the narrator says some people hit their stride?

4. What does Ambrose’s father come up with for Magda and Ambrose’s mother?

5. What does Ambrose think about him being a brother to Peter?

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