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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. In Ambrose’s imagination, what does Uncle Karl tease Ambrose about on the drive home from Ocean City?
(a) Finding his way through the funhouse with a blind Negro girl
(b) Running out from under the boardwalk looking terrified
(c) Loosing Magda and the chance to kiss her in the funhouse
(d) Getting lost in the funhouse

2. What does the narrator say Ambrose and Peter’s father never does?
(a) Disciplines the boys
(b) He never swears in front of the boys
(c) He has never administered corporal punishment
(d) Does not encourage or discourage the boys in their endeavors

3. Why is Ambrose embarrassed when he hands the funhouse ticket woman money for him and Magda?
(a) He is not embarrassed at the entrance
(b) He does not have enough money
(c) He accidentally gives her his name coin
(d) He thinks the woman knows why he is going inside with Magda

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the best thing to do when lost?

2. What do the children decide to do instead of enter the funhouse?

3. With what does Ambrose brush Magda’s skirt?

4. What is Uncle Karl told is the reason there will be no fireworks that night?

5. What kind of tree leaves does Ambrose remember from his younger days?

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