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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say the climax of this story must be?
(a) Ambrose finding his way out of the funhouse
(b) Ambrose telling Magda he loves her
(c) Ambrose realizing he is a normal young teen
(d) Ambrose getting a kiss from Magda

2. What did Ambrose feel during Magda enacting her punishment?
(a) An odd detachment
(b) He felt like he loved everyone
(c) Very powerful
(d) He could not quit laughing

3. What does the narrator say is a way to save face if one is lost when one is found?
(a) Start to cry when asked a question
(b) Say you were chasing a dog who got into the funhouse
(c) Pretend you were trying to find a lost child you heard crying
(d) Act surprised at the fuss and pretend you were never lost

4. What does Ambrose think about him being a brother to Peter?
(a) Ambrose and Peter will never be close friends
(b) Peter enjoys having a brother who looks up to him
(c) Peter would be better off with a brother who is normal
(d) Ambrose is a good brother

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

6. What does the narrator say is the primary function of the middle of a story?
(a) The middle of a story contains the climax so the end can finish with the resolution
(b) He is uncertain what the function should be
(c) He does not think there is a function to the middle of a story, only the beginning and end.
(d) To delay the climax

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

8. What does Ambrose’s father do for a living?
(a) Accountant
(b) School principal
(c) Insurance agent
(d) Banker

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

10. Why does Peter insist they stand by the funhouse?
(a) So their parents can find them
(b) In case someone gives them tickets
(c) So he can watch the girls’ skirts blow up
(d) So they can hear the laughing

11. On what street does Magda live?
(a) L Street
(b) M Street
(c) B Street
(d) P Street

12. On what does a machine in the arcade stamp a person’s name?
(a) A white metal coin
(b) A tin plate
(c) A US penny
(d) A piece of cardboard

13. 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 helps the author remember what the characters are doing
(c) It draws the attention away from any narrative contrivances
(d) It adds words to the book

14. At what age are people when the narrator says some people hit their stride?
(a) After marriage
(b) The middle teens
(c) Around thirty
(d) When they hit the twenties

15. What does Ambrose imagine doing with his family years after he is lost in the funhouse?
(a) Going through the funhouse with him
(b) Coming to the seashore with his own family for vacation
(c) Never coming to Ocean City for vacation
(d) Reading aloud his account of being lost in the funhouse

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a conventional narrative pattern used, according to the narrator?

2. What happens to Ambrose’s voice if he becomes excited when talking?

3. Why does Ambrose think the funhouse cannot be too scary or dangerous?

4. How does Ambrose describe Peter as a person?

5. To what does the narrator compare winding parts of the funhouse?

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