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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Peter get into the swimming pool?
(a) He goes down the ladder
(b) He lies down at the side and rolls into the water
(c) He makes a swan dive
(d) He cannonballs into the pool

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

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

4. Why did Ambrose’s mother put off his baptism?
(a) She wanted him to understand the ceremony
(b) She could not decide what church to use
(c) She had just procrastinated
(d) She is not baptized herself

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

6. What does the matchbook cover Ambrose’s father has advertise?
(a) The new Sears Roebuck stores
(b) Safety during a blackout
(c) A new casino in Ocean City
(d) U.S. War bonds and stamps

7. Why does Magda get angry at the swimming pool?
(a) Ambrose splashes water in her face
(b) A boy she does not know accidentally knocks her into the pool
(c) Uncle Karl pushes her into the pool
(d) Peter tries to drag her into the water

8. What does Ambrose see through the shoulders of Magda’s sundress when she leans forward to look for the Towers?
(a) Nothing
(b) One strap on each shoulder under the sun dress
(c) The shoulders of an extra blouse she is wearing
(d) Two straps on each shoulder under the sun dress

9. What kind of voice does Peter use when pledging to be a good boy?
(a) He talks in his normal voice
(b) A voice with an English accent
(c) A slow, deep voice
(d) He talks in a falsetto

10. What kind of car is the family taking to Ocean City?
(a) 1936 LaSalle sedan
(b) 1938 Ford station wagon
(c) 1937 Ford Cabriolet
(d) 1940 Plymouth Valiant

11. Where are the electrical towers of the power plant located?
(a) N
(b) V
(c) H
(d) T

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

13. Why is a conventional narrative pattern used, according to the narrator?
(a) There is no conventional narrative pattern
(b) People have learned by trial and error that it works
(c) It is what they teach in school
(d) The publishers will not buy literature that does not use it

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

15. Where is the imaginary torture chamber to which Magda took Ambrose?
(a) In the garage
(b) Between the woodshed and the privy
(c) Behind the hedge in the side yard
(d) On the front porch

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ambrose embarrassed when he hands the funhouse ticket woman money for him and Magda?

2. What happened in roller coaster car in the early 1900’s?

3. What does Ambrose do after he pushes his glasses up on his nose while the family is driving?

4. What did Ambrose try to do when he was baptized?

5. What is the name of the character who is advertising the funhouse?

(see the answer keys)

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