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

2. Why have Ambrose and his family come to Ocean City?
(a) To gamble
(b) To visit his grandparents
(c) There is a death in the family
(d) On vacation

3. How does Ambrose see an old man who reminds him of his grandfather?
(a) In a mirror
(b) Through a crack in the boards
(c) Through an open door
(d) Through a small glass porthole

4. Why did Peter leave the game of Niggers and Masters that he, Ambrose, and Magda were playing?
(a) His girlfriend came over
(b) His father wanted him to mow the lawn
(c) He had to deliver newspapers
(d) He was losing

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

6. What does Ambrose think is happening every minute under the Atlantic Ocean?
(a) Millions of animals are eating one another
(b) Sharks are swimming with dolphins
(c) Fishes are mating
(d) Mammals are bearing babies

7. What does Ambrose’s mother tell the children about the money they are given?
(a) Do not spend the money quickly or in one place
(b) It is a holiday so spend it having a good time
(c) Use the money for rides because the father will buy dinner
(d) Put the money away in their deepest pocket

8. What does the narrator say funhouses need at intervals?
(a) Exit signs
(b) Staff members to help lost people
(c) Bells to ring if one is sick
(d) Male and female restrooms

9. What do the children decide to do instead of enter the funhouse?
(a) Ride the merry-go-round
(b) Eat some junk food
(c) Go swimming again
(d) Go to the movies

10. What did Ambrose do at his Boy Scout initiation ceremony?
(a) Told the leader that he did not like scouting
(b) Sang the Boy Scout song by himself
(c) Pretended to be moved
(d) Fell into the fire and burned his shoes

11. How does the funhouse character in front of the building act?
(a) It is a statue so it just stands there
(b) It rolls its eyes, sticks out its tongue and wags its finger
(c) It rocks on its heels and slaps its thighs
(d) It bows and points to the door

12. What nickname does Magda use for Ambrose?
(a) Brose
(b) Amby
(c) Am
(d) Amy

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

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

15. What does Ambrose think is different about himself from others?
(a) He understands more than he should
(b) He has the ability to be a true hero
(c) He is an adult in mind even though he is only 13
(d) He is smarter than anyone he knows, even his father

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose wonder after he dozes off when he tries to find the old man?

2. At what age are people when the narrator says some people hit their stride?

3. What does Ambrose imagine is at the end of the boardwalk in the future when he comes here with his family?

4. What does the old timer at the door tell Ambrose about the tumble-barrel room?

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

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