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

2. What is Magda doing while she leans forward in her seat after spotting the Towers?
(a) Resting her head on the back of the front seat so she can nap
(b) Playing cow poker
(c) Trying to look at the book that Ambrose’s mother is reading
(d) Watching the miles go by on the odometer

3. What does Ambrose notice is missing that causes Ambrose to falter when he is lost in a dark area of the funhouse?
(a) No windows
(b) Phorescent arrows and other signs
(c) No doors
(d) Other people

4. To what does the narrator compare winding parts of the funhouse?
(a) A mouse maze
(b) A slinky toy
(c) A labyrinth
(d) A whelk shell

5. What does Ambrose think he would rather be than a designer of funhouses?
(a) He’d rather be among the lovers for whom they are designed
(b) He’d even rather be a boy scout leader
(c) He’d rather write stories about being lost in the funhouse
(d) He does not have any idea what he would rather do

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ambrose walk on Magda’s right side when they are on the boardwalk?

2. What example does Ambrose use to show he has more imagination than Peter?

3. What does Ambrose imagine a woman saying to him when he is grown about his words?

4. In what year is it rumored that the roller coaster was condemned?

5. Where in the funhouse can the boys see up the girls’ dresses if they try?

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