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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 do the children decide to do instead of enter the funhouse?
(a) Go to the movies
(b) Eat some junk food
(c) Ride the merry-go-round
(d) Go swimming again

2. Why is a conventional narrative pattern used, according to the narrator?
(a) The publishers will not buy literature that does not use it
(b) People have learned by trial and error that it works
(c) There is no conventional narrative pattern
(d) It is what they teach in school

3. Why does Ambrose keep his hand on the seat behind Magda?
(a) He is determined that Magda is going to sit on his hand
(b) He has a water balloon in his hand
(c) It is the most comfortable position for him
(d) He is going to push her out of the seat when she sits back

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

5. What does Uncle Karl do for a living?
(a) Works in a munitions factory
(b) Is a school teacher
(c) Is a masonry contractor
(d) Has a plumbing business

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the usual reward for the first person to see the towers?

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

3. What does Ambrose decide he will do for others because of being lost in the funhouse?

4. What does Ambrose wish for at the end of the story?

5. What does the matchbook cover Ambrose’s father has advertise?

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