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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. Why does Ambrose go under the boardwalk?
(a) To steal a kiss from Magda
(b) To look for match books
(c) To look for shells
(d) To see if anyone is under there making out

2. What does the narrator say is an image an author might use when writing a story about Ocean City during World War II?
(a) Patrols on the beach
(b) The oil on the ocean
(c) Sailors on leave playing in the arcades
(d) Sailors pulling their girls under the boardwalk

3. What does Ambrose do after he pushes his glasses up on his nose while the family is driving?
(a) Sneezes
(b) Drops his hand on the seat behind Magda
(c) Coughs
(d) Drops his hand into Magda’s lap

4. How does Ambrose end up with a sore toe in the funhouse?
(a) Magda jumps on it
(b) Peter accidentally kicks him
(c) He stubs it on the wall
(d) A sailor and his girlfriend steps on the toe

5. What does Ambrose decide the daughter of the funhouse operator, who hears his stories, will think of Ambrose?
(a) That he is a strange boy
(b) That he must be slightly loony
(c) That he has a truly great imagination
(d) That she hopes he does not decide to write for a living

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say funhouses need at intervals?

2. How does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?

3. What does the narrator say about Magda’s physical figure?

4. What does the narrator say the climax of this story must be?

5. What does Ambrose’s father say about the way his family takes vacations?

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