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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ambrose imagine about his work when he is an adult?
(a) It will be work that will impress Magda
(b) It will help to save the world
(c) It will be something only super intelligent people can do
(d) He will be very famous in his line of work

2. What kind of car is the family taking to Ocean City?
(a) 1940 Plymouth Valiant
(b) 1938 Ford station wagon
(c) 1937 Ford Cabriolet
(d) 1936 LaSalle sedan

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. What is the name of the character who is advertising the funhouse?
(a) Crazy Lucy
(b) Aunt Polly
(c) Fat May
(d) Princess Laurel

5. What happens when Uncle Karl taps his cigar out the ventilator window?
(a) He accidentally drops the cigar out the window
(b) The whole head of the cigar falls off onto the car’s floor
(c) He drops a live ash on Ambrose’s mother’s leg
(d) Some of the ashes come back in the car through the back window

6. What is on the floor in the hall after the tumble-barrel room?
(a) Gooey pink stuff
(b) Water
(c) Strobe lights
(d) Spinning discs

7. Why might an author in fiction delete a name and use a blank for it?
(a) The editors prefer to decide on characters’ names
(b) It makes the fiction look real
(c) The author does not want to get sued
(d) The author cannot decide on a good name for a character

8. What does the narrator say is the best thing to do when lost?
(a) Always travel in the same direction
(b) Stay in one place and holler if necessary
(c) Always take the right hand turn
(d) Always mark where you have already walked

9. What is wrong with the windows of the fortune telling machine?
(a) They are missing
(b) They are cracked and taped
(c) They are fogged over
(d) Nothing

10. What kind of voice does Peter use when pledging to be a good boy?
(a) A voice with an English accent
(b) He talks in his normal voice
(c) He talks in a falsetto
(d) A slow, deep voice

11. Where do Ambrose and his family live?
(a) Virginia
(b) Delaware
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) Maryland

12. What does the narrator say a man could do with a mannequin?
(a) Set her up to scare people in the funhouse
(b) Modify her in certain ways
(c) Make her look like a gypsy fortune teller
(d) Use her as a guard on the bedroom door

13. What does the narrator say is a symptom of nervous tension?
(a) Violent, repeating yawning
(b) Pacing
(c) Shuffling one’s feet
(d) Staring off into the distance

14. What does the narrator say giving descriptions with two different senses, such as auditory and visual, can do?
(a) It orients the reader’s imagination to the scene
(b) It adds words to the book
(c) It draws the attention away from any narrative contrivances
(d) It helps the author remember what the characters are doing

15. In his imagination, what does Ambrose have in his mouth when he smiles at his wife?
(a) A Lucky Strike cigarette
(b) A caramel apple
(c) Cotton candy
(d) A pipe

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the most distinguishing physical feature of Ambrose’s father?

2. What does Ambrose’s mother tell the children about the money they are given?

3. What does Ambrose finally figure out about his father’s reaction when Ambrose says he is going through the funhouse with Magda?

4. What does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?

5. What does the operator’s daughter drop on the page on which she is writing in response to Ambrose’s suffering?

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