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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ambrose fear is the difference between himself and others?
(a) He is insane
(b) He is not smart
(c) He will never become a man
(d) He is socially incompetent

2. What does the narrator say might provide a foreshadowing of the story’s climax?
(a) What the fortune teller machine would say if Ambrose played it
(b) The three children getting lost in the Arcade
(c) The way the clouds cover the sun
(d) How Magda takes Peter’s arm in the arcade

3. Where are the prizes in the arcade now made?
(a) In Canada
(b) In England
(c) In America
(d) In Australia

4. 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) The author cannot decide on a good name for a character
(c) The author does not want to get sued
(d) It makes the fiction look real

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

6. What example does Ambrose use to show he has more imagination than Peter?
(a) Knowing exactly how it will feel to be married
(b) Talking about life at college in detail
(c) Telling Peter how Magda will look as an adult
(d) Describing a trip to the moon

7. How does Ambrose describe Peter as a person?
(a) Moody
(b) Arrogant
(c) Shy, but popular
(d) Happy-go-lucky

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

9. What kind of tattoo does Uncle Karl have?
(a) A U.S. flag
(b) A snake wrapped around his biceps
(c) A heart with an arrow through it
(d) A sea anchor

10. In what year is it rumored that the roller coaster was condemned?
(a) 1927
(b) 1905
(c) 1916
(d) 1933

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

12. With what does Ambrose brush Magda’s skirt?
(a) His forearm
(b) He does not touch Magda’s skirt
(c) His ring finger
(d) A hair on his thumb

13. What does Ambrose notice about the people going into the funhouse?
(a) They are all couples
(b) They are all adults
(c) They are all young children
(d) They all hold hands

14. What does the narrator say should be the middle of a story about being lost in a fun house?
(a) The middle should start when the main character gets lost
(b) All the relevant facts between going into the house and getting lost
(c) He does not say what should be in the middle
(d) The narrator thinks there should be no set beginning, middle and end in a story

15. What does the narrator say is the way to maintain control of one’s voice?
(a) Watch other people’s lips and follow their lead
(b) Talking soberly and listening consciously to your voice
(c) Speak very quickly
(d) Speak in as deep a voice as possible

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose think about him being a brother to Peter?

2. Why does Peter insist they stand by the funhouse?

3. What does the narrator say is a symptom of nervous tension?

4. What does Peter do that makes Magda chase him into the maze room?

5. What are two of the names Peter came up for his future children as a joke?

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