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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ambrose think the funhouse cannot be too scary or dangerous?
(a) The owner would go out of business
(b) He has seen children go inside
(c) That is only his hope, not an actual belief
(d) It is called a funhouse

2. What does the family decide to do instead of swim in the ocean?
(a) Sunbath and then rinse off in the outdoor showers
(b) Go to the municipal pool
(c) Walk along the beach and look for shells
(d) They are going to swim in the ocean

3. Who does the narrator say Peter resembles?
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) His maternal grandfather
(d) His Uncle Karl

4. What does Ambrose think is a disappointment to eat even though they look good?
(a) Funnel cakes
(b) Corn dogs
(c) Cotton candy on sticks
(d) Candied apples

5. How old is Peter?
(a) 14
(b) 15
(c) 16
(d) It is never said how old Peter is

6. What is hanging above the old man’s head in the funhouse?
(a) A panel of toggle switches
(b) A war poster
(c) A chain and pulley
(d) A tapestry

7. What does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?
(a) Dozens of sand crabs
(b) A man and a woman having sex
(c) Nothing
(d) People in a life raft

8. What did Ambrose try to do when he was baptized?
(a) Swim in the baptismal pond
(b) He tried not to laugh
(c) Bring tears to his eyes
(d) He tried not to cry

9. Where in the funhouse can the boys see up the girls’ dresses if they try?
(a) In the walk over the bridge of the dead
(b) In the room of mirrors
(c) Near the end when they hit a super slide
(d) In the tumbling-barrel

10. What novelist does the narrator mention as to how that author describes the sea?
(a) James Joyce
(b) Edgar Allan Poe
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne
(d) George Eliot

11. What do most people do when they hear the funhouse character through the loud speakers?
(a) Stop and stare
(b) Laugh
(c) Listen carefully to what it is saying
(d) Frown

12. What does Ambrose tell Magda is the reason he is limping?
(a) He twisted his ankle
(b) He has a pebble in his shoe
(c) He stubbed his toe
(d) His foot fell asleep in the car

13. What are two of the names Peter came up for his future children as a joke?
(a) Aloysius and Murgatroyd
(b) Rocky and Bullwinkle
(c) Adonis and Adelaide
(d) Apollo and Artemis

14. What does Uncle Karl do for a living?
(a) Works in a munitions factory
(b) Is a school teacher
(c) Has a plumbing business
(d) Is a masonry contractor

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of car is the family taking to Ocean City?

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

4. What does the narrator say to count a generation in years?

5. What does Ambrose think is happening every minute under the Atlantic Ocean?

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