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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ambrose go under the boardwalk?
(a) To look for shells
(b) To steal a kiss from Magda
(c) To look for match books
(d) To see if anyone is under there making out

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

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

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

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

6. What will Ambrose tell his son when his son becomes thirteen years old?
(a) That he got lost in the funhouse
(b) That his son is normal and that everyone goes through it
(c) That his first love was Magda
(d) That he never planned to have children

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

8. Why does the narrator call Ambrose’s father a minstrel in reverse that evening?
(a) He pretends to sing on the street corner
(b) He is covered in Noxzema
(c) He could not sing but tried to anyway
(d) He carries his guitar across his back

9. Why didn’t Ambrose swim?
(a) He has a pain in his stomach
(b) He does not like to swim
(c) He does not want Magda to see his bare chest
(d) He forgot his swimsuit

10. What did Ambrose say to Magda in the tool shed after she was done with her punishment?
(a) Peter would be so jealous
(b) Ambrose asked Magda to marry him
(c) He would never punish her again
(d) Ambrose would never forget that moment

11. How much money does Ambrose’s mother give each teenager to spend?
(a) One dollar
(b) One and a half dollars
(c) Two dollars
(d) Fifty cents

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

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

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

15. What is Uncle Karl told is the reason there will be no fireworks that night?
(a) There is going to be a strong thunderstorm that evening
(b) There is a shortage of materials
(c) The town does not have the money
(d) Because of enemy submarines

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say are the two reasons for not writing a story about being lost in a funhouse?

2. What does the narrator say is the emotional age of an adolescent boy compared to a girl?

3. What does Ambrose think is a disappointment to eat even though they look good?

4. How does Peter get into the swimming pool?

5. What do Peter and Magda do while Ambrose’s father is searching for Ambrose?

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