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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 Peter and Magda do while Ambrose’s father is searching for Ambrose?
(a) Go swimming
(b) Go under the boardwalk and make out
(c) Play another game on the boardwalk
(d) Eat French fries

2. What does the narrator say is the manuscript mark for italic type?
(a) Putting the text in square parentheses
(b) Backward quotation marks
(c) Highlighting the text
(d) A straight underline

3. What happened in roller coaster car in the early 1900’s?
(a) It had a rattlesnake in it
(b) It ran off the track and sailed over the boardwalk
(c) It was struck by lightning
(d) It came off the track as the riders were boarding it.

4. How many times a year does Ambrose’s family come to Ocean City?
(a) Twice a year
(b) Three times a year
(c) This is their first time at Ocean City
(d) Once a year

5. What does Ambrose think about being himself?
(a) He would rather be Peter
(b) He does not know himself so he cannot be it
(c) He is too much like his father
(d) There are other people inside him

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ambrose embarrassed when he hands the funhouse ticket woman money for him and Magda?

2. What does Ambrose think a perfect funhouse would contain?

3. What scares Ambrose about playing the game Niggers and Masters with Magda without Peter?

4. What is one of the reasons the front passenger is protected more from the sun than the driver?

5. What does Ambrose realize when he is the first person through the tumble-barrel room?

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