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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ambrose think would be the reason the daughter would not rescue him?
(a) She believes he must be alone and suffering to achieve greatness
(b) She thinks he is crazy
(c) She is too afraid of the dark
(d) Her father will not allow her to find Ambrose

2. What does Ambrose do after he pushes his glasses up on his nose while the family is driving?
(a) Drops his hand into Magda’s lap
(b) Drops his hand on the seat behind Magda
(c) Coughs
(d) Sneezes

3. In what situation does the narrator say it is not a good idea for an author to use the first person?
(a) When the story is written for children
(b) When it is obvious the events could not be real
(c) When it is essential for the narrator to know what every character is thinking
(d) When the narrator identifies too strongly with the narrator

4. What does Peter say is the reason Uncle Karl wants to go to the beach?
(a) He likes to body surf
(b) He likes to surf fish
(c) He likes to watch the women
(d) He likes to get a good tan

5. What was inked into the wood on the cigar box where the label is peeled away?
(a) Best of the best
(b) Imported direct to Florida
(c) Made in Cuba
(d) Inspected by ____

6. What does Ambrose think a perfect funhouse would contain?
(a) Exits in every room
(b) That the lights would come one every half hour when a bell rings
(c) A lighted trail through it like in the movie theater
(d) Only one way to go through it

7. When Ambrose’s father was a young teen how did his family go on vacation?
(a) They usually took a bus
(b) By car
(c) They did not take vacations away from home
(d) By train

8. On what is the old man Ambrose sees in the funhouse sitting?
(a) A stool
(b) An armchair
(c) A long, wooden bench
(d) He is sitting on the floor

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

10. How does Ambrose see under the boardwalk?
(a) The walk lights leak through the spaces between the boards
(b) With a lit match
(c) With a candle
(d) With a pocket flashlight

11. To what does the narrator compare winding parts of the funhouse?
(a) A mouse maze
(b) A slinky toy
(c) A labyrinth
(d) A whelk shell

12. What does Peter do that makes Magda chase him into the maze room?
(a) Slaps her on the backside
(b) Kisses her on the forehead
(c) Pushes his hand under her blouse
(d) Pinches her backside

13. What does Ambrose imagine a woman saying to him when he is grown about his words?
(a) He talks too much about himself
(b) He does not talk enough
(c) His words are what makes him precious to her
(d) He has a poor understanding of grammar

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

15. What does Ambrose realize when he is the first person through the tumble-barrel room?
(a) Peter was taking over with Magda
(b) He dropped his flashlight
(c) The point was not to get through it quickly
(d) He did not see Magda fall

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the hurricane of 1933 do to Ocean City?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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